For many layout decisions, the use of cascading style sheets (CSS1) is preferred over the use of standard HTML tags and attributes. The style properties required by the OEB standard and supported in the Microsoft Reader are listed below, along with suggestions for its use.
Note that Reader supports space-separated class names when matching rules, as per CSS2. For example, you can write:
<style>
.pbb { page-break-before: left }
.ti5 { text-indent: 50% }
</style>
...
<p class="pbb ti5">This text will start halfway across the top of a page.</p>
Before you incorporate CSS properties into your files, review the following:
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