HTML and XHTML Step by Step

Chapter 8 Formatting Paragraphs by Using Style Sheets

To apply a first-line indent

Indenting Paragraphs

Within the tag:

<tag style="text-indent: npx">text</tag>

where tag is any tag and n is a number of pixels. For example:

<p style="text-indent: 20px">Now available!</p>

In a style sheet:

tag {text-indent: npx}

To apply padding (space inside an element)

Indenting Paragraphs

Within the tag:

<tag style="padding: npx">text</tag>

where tag is any tag and n is a number of pixels. For example:

<p style="padding: 5px">Now available!</p>

In a style sheet:

tag {padding: npx}

To apply a margin (space outside an element)

Indenting Paragraphs

Within the tag:

<tag style="margin: npx">text</tag>

where tag is any tag and n is a number of pixels. For example:

<p style="margin: 5px">Now ...