Subject: RE: Alignment in a para From: Avi Kivity <Avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:17:57 +0300 |
On Wednesday, August 04, 1999 13:50, DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > I have an instance of > > <item> > <term>ASBU</term> > <desc>Automated Services Business Unit</desc> > </item> > <item> > <term>ASBU MIS</term> > <desc>Management Information System providing production data from ASBU > operations</desc> > </item> > > I want the <desc> element content to self align starting from wherever > the <term> ends, e.g. > > > term description description blah > blah blah > term description etc etc. > > I'm doing a (make paragraph at the > item level, since I want the term to be in italics. > > Is it necessary to use table for this? > I have tried first-line-indent and start-indent combinations, > but they remain fixed. I need it to flex with the content. > Put the term in a line-field: (element item (make paragraph start-indent: 1in first-line-start-indent: -1in ) ) (element term (make line-field field-width: 1in font-posture: 'italic ) ) If you really want to depend on the width of the term, you must use tables. --- "The only words which have meaning are the last ones spoken" DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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