1.5

Formatting a paragraph
Through the Paragraph Formatting dialog you can set the line height and first indent, among
other things. It also lets you add spacing and a border; see "Spacing" on page191 and
"Border" on page182.
To open the Paragraph Formatting dialog, select a paragraph (see: "Selecting an element" on
page102) or place the cursor in a paragraph, and then select Format > Text.
On the Formats tab you can set:
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Line-height: Specify the height of each line in the paragraph's text, in a measure or
percentage. Note that this is not the spacing between lines, but rather the complete height
of the line itself including the text. This is 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 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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