<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="5.0" xml:id="body.start.indent"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>body.start.indent</refentrytitle> <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">length</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>body.start.indent</refname> <refpurpose>The start-indent for the body text</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <src:fragment xml:id="body.start.indent.frag"> <xsl:param name="body.start.indent"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when> <xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise>4pc</xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:param> </src:fragment> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> <para>This parameter provides the means of indenting the body text relative to section titles. For left-to-right text direction, it indents the left side. For right-to-left text direction, it indents the right side. It is used in place of the <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> for all XSL-FO processors except FOP 0.25. It enables support for side floats to appear in the indented margin area. </para> <para>This start-indent property is added to the fo:flow for certain page sequences. Which page-sequences it is applied to is determined by the template named <literal>set.flow.properties</literal>. By default, that template adds it to the flow for page-sequences using the <quote>body</quote> master-reference, as well as appendixes and prefaces. </para> <para>If this parameter is used, section titles should have a start-indent value of 0pt if they are to be outdented relative to the body text. </para> <para>If you are using FOP, then set this parameter to a zero width value and set the <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> parameter to the negative value of the desired indent. </para> <para>See also <parameter>body.end.indent</parameter> and <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>. </para> </refsection> </refentry>