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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: Keeps lines of text together; see "Preventing widows and
orphans" on page296 for an explanation.
Note
For more information on page breaks, widows and orphans, see the W3 Paged
Media reference.
Click the Advanced button 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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