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<DIV>Ken,</DIV>
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<DIV>I was using negative spacing to reduce the space between blocks, however, my intent was to reduce the space between the lines. I think using line height is the correct way to do it. Thank you for that information! I will try it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jerry J</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com> <BR><BR>> At 2007-07-30 20:08 -0400, Jerry Janofsky wrote: <BR>> >When text scrolls within a fo:block, is there a way to control the <BR>> >spacing between the lines? I want to be able to reduce the space. I <BR>> >am able to reduce the space between blocks by using a negative value <BR>> >for the space-after attribute. <BR>> > <BR>> >Any suggestions would be appreciated. <BR>> <BR>> The space between lines is called leading and is controlled by the <BR>> line height. If you say nothing about line height, the initial value <BR>> is anything between 1.0 and 1.2, depending on the decision of the <BR>> XSL-FO engine. <BR>> <BR>> To remove leading you can say: <BR>> <BR>> <fo:block line-height="1"><BR>> <BR>> You!
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even tighten things up if you wanted and you weren't <BR>> worried about descenders touching ascenders. <BR>> <BR>> I've never found a need to use negative line spacing in a production <BR>> environment ... what effect are you trying to get? If you change <BR>> line height to "1" you probably can remove the negative space-after. <BR>> <BR>> I hope this helps. <BR>> <BR>> . . . . . . . . . . . Ken <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Upcoming public training: XSLT/XSL-FO Sep 10, UBL/code lists Oct 1 <BR>> World-wide corporate, govt. & user group XML, XSL and UBL training <BR>> RSS feeds: publicly-available developer resources and training <BR>> G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com <BR>> Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/ <BR>> Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) <BR>> Male Cancer Awareness Jul'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/f/bc <BR>> Legal business discl!
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