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Web Development - Misc.

How to Indent Text

There are several ways of handling indentation of text. With this method, you can indent some text from the left-hand side by a tab-width.

To indent text, use the <DL> </DL> tags to signify what is called a definition list. Inside this definition list, use the <DD> tag indents text by a column.

Just insert this code as a new webpage to see an example of this indentation.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Indentation Text</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
Normal text.
<DL>
<DD>
This text is indented.
</DD>
</DL>
<P>
Normal Text
<P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Normal Text

This text is indented.
Normal Text

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