Help with text alignment

**conroys** · 04-06-2005 10:36 PM

Hi Everyone,

I am new here. I hope you can help.

I just started to learn about HTML and I am doing
ok. I have one problem, I can't figure out how to
align text in paragraph form in a spot over to the
right. I will show you what I mean.

Example HTML email jut the look no tags.
I need to know what tags to use to make
my Paragraphs look like this.

Hi Anyone,

JHFFFUYGJHJYUIYSUGYFSUYF
FYFUYFUYFUYFUYFYFHHHFJH
HFFFJHFLHJFKJHGHFJHFHJFHF
GHGJKJGJGUJGKJGJGKJGKJKJKJ

hfhdfsjfhasjdfhsjdfhdhf

hsahfhshdfhsadhfahsg

See how the second paragraph is over to the
right a little. I need to now how to get the
text all neatly line up line for line like this.

I hope I have explained myself enough.

Any help would be appreciated.

Sabrina

**ray326** · 04-06-2005 11:25 PM

You don't use tags, you use styles. The first paragraph has a width and a left margin of zero while the second paragraph has a considerable left margin and possibly no defined width.

**conroys** · 04-06-2005 11:43 PM

Thanks for the quick response. How do I do that?.

Sorry i'm new to HTML but I pick up pretty quick.

Thanks again,

Sabrina

**Fang** · 04-07-2005 01:48 AM

Here's one way to do it:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>layout</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<div style="width:70%;">
    <p style="margin-right:50%;">JHFFFUYGJHJYUIYSUGYFSUYF FYFUYFUYFUYFUYFYFHHHFJH HFFFJHFLHJFKJHGHFJHFHJFHF GHGJKJGJGUJGKJGJGKJGKJKJKJ</p>
    <p style="margin-left:50%;">hfhdfsjfhasjdfhsjdfhdhf hsahfhshdfhsadhfahsg</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Read the (x)html and css tutorials

**conroys** · 04-07-2005 02:17 PM

I am writing a HTML email and through out the email I need certain
paragraphs to be indented about 10 spaces in. How do I do this?

I tried the above code and it didn't work.

Thanks
Sabrina

**Fang** · 04-07-2005 03:00 PM

<p style="margin-left:10em;">10 spaces in</p>

**conroys** · 04-07-2005 03:33 PM

Thank you! I have one more question. I don't want to have spaces
between the lines, can I just use <br> instead?

Thanks Again Fang,

Sabrina

**conroys** · 04-08-2005 02:37 PM

Hi Fang,

I just wanted to know what tag I need
to use so there are no spaces between
the lines. I tried the br tag but it didn't
help.

A response to this would be greatly appreciated
as I am waiting for this one request before I can
continue with my email.

Thanks a head of time,

Sabrina

**Fang** · 04-08-2005 03:31 PM

so there are no spaces between the lines

could you explain this a bit more.

**conroys** · 04-08-2005 03:56 PM

Hi Fang,

I want my email to format like this example.

I want it to be a universal format for all email
account providers. I was told I should use tables
but I don't know how to do that with this kind of format.

The code you gave me worked for the format but there was
a space between each sentence in my email and I did not want
a space in between sentences.

I hope this helps you understand what I am trying to accomplish.

Thanks for your help again,

Sabrina

fgfhdhghgfhghgfhjfhgdfgfhfhghjfgsdjhgh
gfhgfgdfhgsdfhghdgfjhgdfjhgdfhjgdfjgdhf
ffgsdhfgjhsdgfhsgdfjhgsdhfgjhsgdfhsgdfh
gfhgfhgfhjgfhgjhgfhsggfjsdgfhsdgfjhsdgfh

A.gfshdgfhsdghsgdfhgfjhghghhgghh
fkgfhgdfhghdfghjgfjhsgdfhbvnbnn
dfgsdhgfjhsdgfjhsdfhgfdhfgfhhdsg

fghjfghsdgfhsdgfhsdghh
hdfdfhjhfjhfjhdfjhsdjfhjsd
fjhfjfjhfjhsdfjhjshfjsdhfjsj

jjsdgjhgfdhgsdjfhgjsdhgfjhsdgfjhhsdfgjh
dsfggdfhsagdfjhgsdflhgksdgfkhsgdfhgjh
jfkgsdkfugskdfgkjgsdfjgskjdgfkjsgdfkjsdkfj

This is how I want it to look.

**ray326** · 04-08-2005 07:54 PM

That's how it WILL look as long as there is enough text to be formed into paragraphs.

**bathurst_guy** · 04-09-2005 03:06 AM

**the tree** · 04-09-2005 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by bathurst

Would that really be apropriate?

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#gl-structure-presentation
3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for formatting effects such as indentation. [Priority 2]
For example, in HTML, use the Q and BLOCKQUOTE elements to markup short and longer quotations, respectively.

**conroys** · 04-11-2005 01:14 PM

I just want to thank everybody for there help
and ask your opinion. I am creating these html
emails and I heard that not all email account
provider will read my code properly. I was told
if I use tables this will safe for all html emails I send
out. Is this true? what are others using to make sure
the emails are read properly.

Thanks,
Sabrina

**ray326** · 04-11-2005 10:35 PM

To make sure they're read properly, I send my emails as text/plain.

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