HTML and XHTML Step by Step

Key Points

• You can indent the first line of paragraphs by using the text-indent attribute.

• The Padding attribute sets the amount of space between an element and its border; the margin attribute sets the amount of space around the outside of an element.

• The Border-style attribute places a border around a paragraph. Use one of the following arguments: solid, dotted, dashed, double, groove, ridge, inset, outset, or none to specify the appearance of the border.

• To set the width of a border, use the border-width attribute followed by the width in pixels (px).

• To set the color of a border, use the border-color attribute followed by the color name or the RGB or hexadecimal notation of the color.

• To format each side of a border individually, specify four arguments, ...