Paragraph Formatting dialog

The Paragraph formatting controls how the selected paragraph is formatted. It is accessed by placing the cursor within a paragraph then going in the Format menu, then Paragraph...

Formats Tab

  • General group:
    • Line-height: Specify the height of each line in the element's text, in measure or percentage. 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.
    • Align: Select how text should be aligned, such as left, center, right or justify. Equivalent to the align property.
    • First Indent: Specify the indentation of the first line of each paragraph in the element. Equivalent to the text-indent property.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • Breaks group:
    • Before: Specifies how to handle page breaks before the element. Equivalent to the page-break-before property.
    • Inside: Specifies whether to accept page breaks within the paragraph. Equivalent to the page-break-inside property.
    • After: Specifies how to handle page breaks after the element. Equivalent to the page-break-after property.
    • 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.
    • 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.
For more information on page breaks, widows and orphans, see the W3 Paged Media reference.

Spacing Tab

  • Padding group: Defines padding (spacing inside the element) in measure or percentage:
    • All sides: Check to set all padding to use the Top value. Equivalent to the CSS padding property.
    • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Set padding for each side. Equivalent to the CSS padding-left, padding-top, padding-right and padding-bottom properties.
  • Margin group: Defines margins (spacing outside the element) in measure or percentage:
    • All sides: Check to set all margins to use the Top value. Equivalent to the margin property.
    • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Set the margin for each side. Equivalent to the margin-left, margin-top, margin-right and margin-bottom properties.

Border Tab

  • Same for all sides: Defines the border properties for all sides using the Top properties. Equivalent to the border property.
  • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Each group defines the following properties:
    • Width: Specify the thickness of the border. Equivalent to the border-width property.
    • Style: Specify the style of the border such as solid, dashed or dotted. Equivalent to the border-style property.
    • Color: Specify the color of the border. The color value must be a valid HTML Color Name, or a valid HTML Hex Color. Equivalent to the border-color property.
 
  • Last Topic Update: 24/01/2017 09:32
  • Last Published: 7/6/2017 : 9:49 AM