Spacing and indentation

With the resource spacing properties in Composition Center, business users can control indentation and spacing before and after texts and images.

Figure 5

Spacing before/after and indentation

Spacing and indentation values are selected from a drop-down list and can set in number of points, centimeter etc.

Example 12

Spacing and indentation

In this example, the Resource spacing properties are set on a text.

In the document, the text is presented with 6 points of empty space before and 12 points empty space after. In addition, the text is indented 0,5 centimeters from the left margin.

 

Set on document definitions or individual content objects

Spacing and indentation values can be set for the entire document definition, or for individual content objects that are added to the document definition.

Note:

The spacing values set for individual content objects override the spacing values set for the entire document definition.

Auto spacing or indentation

The following apply when the Auto value is selected:

•	When selected for a document definition, the values set in StoryTeller apply.

•	When selected for an individual content object, the values set for the document definition apply.

In this chapter

•	Customizing values and units