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height of the line itself including the text. Equivalent to the line-height property.
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Align: Select how text should be aligned, such as left, center, right or
justify. Equivalent to the align property.
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First Indent: Specify the indentation of the first line of each paragraph in the
element. Equivalent to the text-indent property.
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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.
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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.
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Breaks group:
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Before: Specifies how to handle page breaks before the element. Equivalent to the
page-break-before property.
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Inside: Specifies whether to accept page breaks within the paragraph. Equivalent to
the page-break-inside property.
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After: Specifies how to handle page breaks after the element. Equivalent to the
page-break-after property.
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Widows: Specifies how to handle widows within the paragraph (lines appearing
alone on the next page if the paragraph does not fit on the current one). Equivalent
to the widows property. Widows and orphans are ignored if the page-break-
inside property is set to avoid.
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Orphans: Specifies how to handle orphans within the paragraph (lines appearing
alone at the end of a page if the paragraph does not fit on the current one).
Equivalent to the orphans property.
Note
For more information on page breaks, widows and orphans, see the W3 Paged Media reference.
Spacing Tab
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Padding group: Defines padding (spacing inside the element) in measure or percentage:
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