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All settings in this dialog are in fact CSS properties. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) were
originally designed for use with web pages: HTMLfiles. Since Designer templates are HTML
files, they are styled with CSS. To learn how to use CSS in the Designer, see "Styling and
formatting" on page785 and "Styling templates with CSS files" on page786. For information
about specific properties and their options, see W3Schools CSS Reference.
Click the Advanced button to enter CSS properties and values directly.
The Apply button lets you preview the template with the new settings.
For information about text and how to style it see "Text and special characters" on page773
and "Styling text and paragraphs" on page799.
Formats tab
l General group:
l Line-height: Specify the height of each line in the element's text, in measure or
percentage. Note that this is not spacing between lines, but rather the complete
height of the line itself including the text. Equivalent to the line-height property
in CSS.
l Align: Select how text should be aligned, such as left, center, right or
justify. Equivalent to the align property in CSS.
l First Indent: Specify the indentation of the first line of each paragraph in the
element. Equivalent to the text-indent property in CSS.
l Display: Select how to display the element. This can also be used to hide an
element completely using the none option. See CSS Display. Equivalent to the
display property.
l Direction: Select in which direction text should be displayed (ltr, rtl, auto). Useful for
certain languages such as arabic, hebrew, etc. Equivalent to the dir HTML
attribute.
l Breaks group:
l Before: Specifies whether a page break should occur before the paragraph. This is
equivalent to the page-break-before property in CSS; see CSS page-break-
before property for an explanation of the available options.
l Inside: Specifies whether a page break is allowed inside the paragraph. Equivalent
to the page-break-inside property in CSS; see CSS page-break-inside
property for an explanation of the available options.
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