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Subject:Re: Best way to indent in HTML< From:Steven Feldberg <steven -at- ICU -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:05:13 -0500
Of course, once I hit Send it occurred to me that you wanted to indent a
block of text, not just a single line `8^).
What I said was:
>One more thought to add to all the fine suggestions so far..
>You can create transparent GIF files--no image, just a transparent
>background--of varying widths (and a height of say 8-12 pixels). Place them
>inline to create the offset you want:
><p><img src="./space24.GIF" height="10" width="24">Text here is indented 24
>pixels.<br>
><img src="./space48.GIF" height="10" width="48">Indented 48 pixels...
What I meant was:
Try using a table, as has been suggested by others.