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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">text-indent</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">4</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> CSS <span class="emphasis">1</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><p>Sets the size of indenting of the first line of a block of inline
text (such as a <span class="literal">p</span> element). Only the first line is
affected by this setting. A negative value can be used to outdent the
first line, but be sure the text does not run beyond the left edge of
the browser window or frame.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="csssyntax"><span class="title">CSS Syntax</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>text-indent: <span class="replaceable">length</span> | <span class="replaceable">percentage</span></pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td><p>See the discussion about length values at the beginning of this
chapter. Negative lengths may be allowed in some contexts, but be
sure to test the results on all browsers. You may also specify a
percentage value, which is calculated based on the width of the next
outermost container.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="initvalue"><span class="title">Initial Value</span></td>
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					<td><p><span class="literal">0</span></p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>body {text-indent: 2em}
p.firstGraphs {text-indent: 0}</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="appliesto"><span class="title">Applies To</span></td>
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					<td><p>Block-level elements.</p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectmodelreference"><span class="title">Object Model Reference</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]document.getElementById("<span class="replaceable">elementID</span>").style.textIndent</pre>
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