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ParagraphFormattingdialog

TheParagraphFormattingdialogcontrolshowtheselectedparagraphisformatted.Itisaccessedby

placingthecursorwithinaparagraphandthenselectingFormat > Paragraphonthemenu.

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page671and"Styl-

ingtemplateswithCSSfiles"onpage672.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page659and"Styl-

ingtextandparagraphs"onpage682.

Formats tab

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General group:

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Line-height:Specifytheheightofeachlineintheelement'stext,inmeasureorper-

centage.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.

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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eachparagraphintheelement.Equi-

valent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com-

pletely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cer-

tainlanguagessuchasarabic,hebrew,etc.EquivalenttothedirHTMLattribute.

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Breaks group:

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Before:Specifieswhetherapagebreakshouldoccurbeforetheparagraph.Thisisequi-

valent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: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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