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Old 07-11-2018, 12:24 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by roger64 View Post
The good news is that you dont't cough immediately about the use of a negative indent...
We've used them. Sometimes, it's fairly unavoidable. It's as good a solution as any, really. (The better solution would have been to discuss this with the client, and explain, and make THEM compromise, but I've worked with poets, so I know how that is.)

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Why pixels? I use them usually for margins because:



Indeed I made an exception for the paragraph style "Chanson", where I used a percentage for no particular reason in fact or just easier testing.
Hmmmmm....I'm going to have to contemplate this for a bit. I have some vague recollection of a very real-world issue around px and margins, but of course, can I think of it? NO. Senile old bat that I am. But I'll remember, sooner or later. :-)

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