Paragraph Formatting dialog
The Paragraph formatting 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 and Styling templates with CSS files. For information about specific properties and their options, see W3Schools CSS Reference.
For information about text and how to style it see Text and special characters and Styling text and paragraphs.
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.
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.
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