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jbenny · 10-30-2007, 04:14 PM

I hadn't thought of using an outdent for this purpose, but it does seem to work in FF. I'll have to try it in DE. As the code fragments below illustrate, you need to compensate in the body style for the outdent in the paragraphs (at least on the left side). These values can be adjusted to suit, of course.

body { margin-left: 2.3em; margin-right: 2.3em; }
p { text-indent: -2.3em; }

<p>1.1    Now is the time for all good men

As usual, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: I won't argue the use of tables for layout, as like any programming practice, there are proponents for both sides of the issue.

10-30-2007, 04:14 PM	#86
jbenny Addict Posts: 323 Karma: 358 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Tablet PC and Nokia N800	I hadn't thought of using an outdent for this purpose, but it does seem to work in FF. I'll have to try it in DE. As the code fragments below illustrate, you need to compensate in the body style for the outdent in the paragraphs (at least on the left side). These values can be adjusted to suit, of course. body { margin-left: 2.3em; margin-right: 2.3em; } p { text-indent: -2.3em; } <p>1.1    Now is the time for all good men As usual, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Thanks for the suggestion. Edit: I won't argue the use of tables for layout, as like any programming practice, there are proponents for both sides of the issue. Last edited by jbenny; 10-30-2007 at 04:17 PM.