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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
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xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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version="5.0" xml:id="body.start.indent">
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<refentrytitle>body.start.indent</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">length</refmiscinfo>
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<refname>body.start.indent</refname>
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<refpurpose>The start-indent for the body text</refpurpose>
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<src:fragment xml:id="body.start.indent.frag">
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<xsl:param name="body.start.indent">
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<xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
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<xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
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<xsl:otherwise>4pc</xsl:otherwise>
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<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
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<para>This parameter provides
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the means of indenting the body text relative to
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For left-to-right text direction, it indents the left side.
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For right-to-left text direction, it indents the right side.
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It is used in place of the
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<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> for
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all XSL-FO processors except FOP 0.25.
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It enables support for side floats to appear
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in the indented margin area.
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<para>This start-indent property is added to the fo:flow
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for certain page sequences. Which page-sequences it is
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applied to is determined by the template named
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<literal>set.flow.properties</literal>.
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By default, that template adds it to the flow
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for page-sequences using the <quote>body</quote>
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master-reference, as well as appendixes and prefaces.
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<para>If this parameter is used, section titles should have
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a start-indent value of 0pt if they are to be
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outdented relative to the body text.
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<para>If you are using FOP, then set this parameter to a zero
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width value and set the <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>
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parameter to the negative value of the desired indent.
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<para>See also <parameter>body.end.indent</parameter> and
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<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>.