Problems with Margins and Padding

[coryhelfrich]

Hello,

I am having trouble understanding the "Margins" and "Padding" settings in the "Margins" tab in the document properties. The documents I am trying to convert use the standard HTML "<h1>", "<h2>" etc. formatting commands and include numbered paragraphs that are indented using the "<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>" commands. I would like to retain the paragraph numbers, but have all of the paragraphs start at the right margin. The help file included with iSiloX includes no mention of the "Padding" setting.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cory Helfrich

[iSilo]

See cell margins (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/struct/tables.html#h-11.3.3) in the HTML specification. The explanation there is in regards to padding in tables. Also see box dimensions (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#box-dimensions) for the CSS explanation.

The "<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>" example that you give looks like a Microsoft specific formatting command that is not supported.

[coryhelfrich]

Hello,

Thanks for the quick reply.

So, what should I use for "Margin" and "Padding" settings in order to retain the paragraph numbers, but have all paragraphs start at the right margin?

Thanks again,
Cory

[iSilo]

Would you be able to provide a specific example detailing exactly what you are trying to accomplish? Providing an example source document would also help.

[coryhelfrich]

Would you be able to provide a specific example detailing exactly what you are trying to accomplish? Providing an example source document would also help.

Attached is a specific example of the HTML source for a document I am having trouble converting. I need to know the "Margin" and "Padding" settings so the converted document will retain the paragraph numbers, but will have all lines left-justified.

Again, thanks for your help.

Cory

[iSilo]

Thanks for the example.

Unfortunately you're going to need to reformat the source to get that effect. The issue is that the paragraph items specify negative indents, so when you remove the margins, the paragraph numbers move off the left edge.