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Tip
Use a negative left margin to create a hanging paragraph or image.
To set the spacing:
1. Right-click the element and click the respective element on the shortcut menu.
Alternatively, select the element (see "Selecting an element" on page632) and on the
Format menu click the respective element.
2.
Click the Spacing tab.
Note
All settings in the Formatting dialog are in fact CSS style rules. Click the Advanced
button to manually add CSS properties (at the left) and values (at the right). For
more information about CSS, see "Styling and formatting" on page741.
It is also possible to change an element's formatting via a style sheet; see "Styling
templates with CSS files" on page743.
3.
Set the value for the padding in measure or percentage. You can do this for each side
separately, which is equivalent to the padding-top, padding-bottom, padding-left or
padding-right property in CSS. To set the same padding for all sides, check the option
Same for all sides. This is equivalent to the padding property in CSS.
4. Set the value for the margin in measure or percentage. You can do this for each side
separately, which is equivalent to the margin-top, margin-bottom, margin-left or
margin-right property in CSS. To set the same margin for all sides, check the option
Same for all sides. This is equivalent to the margin property in CSS.
5.
Click OK, or click Apply to apply the changes without closing the dialog.
Using a Sass file
A CSS preprocessor is a CSS extension language that allows you to enhance CSS with code
(variables, for example) and then compile it into plain CSS. CSS Preprocessor Sass is
integrated in Connect.
For more information about Sass, see: Sass website.
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