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CSS.
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Align: Select how text should be aligned, such as left, center, right or justify. Equivalent to
the align property in CSS.
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First Indent: Specify the indentation of the first line of the paragraph. Equivalent to the
text-indent property in CSS.
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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
in CSS.
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Direction: Select in which direction text should be displayed (left to right, right to left, or
auto). Useful for certain languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, etc. This is equivalent to the
dir HTML attribute.
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(Page) breaks: these settings are only useful in Print sections, as only Print sections
have pages.
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Before: Sets 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.
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Inside: Sets 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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After: Sets whether a page break should occur after the paragraph. Equivalent to
the page-break-after property in CSS; see CSS page-break-after property for an
explanation of the available options.
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Widows and orphans: this setting is only useful in Print sections; see "Preventing
widows and orphans" on page 185 for an explanation.
Click the button Advanced to add CSS properties and values to the inline style tag directly.
Remove local formatting from text
Layout buttons and options on the Format menu add inline style tags to the text. Style tags can
look like this: <b>...</b> or like this: <p style= "color: red;" >.
Inline style tags have priority over styles defined in a CSS file. For example, when a formatting
rule in a style sheet colors all paragraphs green, a paragraph with an inline style tag to color it
red would still stay red. So, when a rule in a style sheet doesn’t seem to work, an inline style
tag can be the culprit. In that case you might want to remove the local formatting.
To remove local formatting:
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