Poetry – need to remove space AND indent 2nd line at same time

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  jessiejeanine · Member · Nov 18, 2011 at 6:38 pm

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  I am formatting poetry and usually indent every other line. Specifically I need to indent the 2nd line AND remove the space inbetween the line at the same time. I know: Shift+Enter removes the space in between the lines. And I know this HTML code indents the 2nd line only verses the entire paragraph: <p style=”margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in;”> These are both good and work, but now I need to perform BOTH actions at once. Can someone please give me the combined HTML code to accomplish this? Thanks!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 18, 2011 at 8:12 pm

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  The paragraph tag is adding extra space between lines here:

  <p>I want to follow the kind of preacher</p>
  <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;">Who, to his students, makes a fine teacher.</p>

  For a line break with styling, use the span tag:

  I want to follow the kind of preacher
  <span style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;">Who, to his students, makes a fine teacher.</span>

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 18, 2011 at 9:24 pm

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  Or use the solution suggested here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/speech-appearing-on-seperate-line-not-able-to-use-tab-button?replies=12#post-744954

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 18, 2011 at 11:29 pm

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  Something odd is going on. I am now reading margin-left:.5in;
  which is a thing I’m sure I didn’t type!

  I always use px for margins or padding. I don’t understand what happened here.

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  jessiejeanine · Member · Nov 18, 2011 at 11:34 pm

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  Thank you both so much! It works and you made it really easy to understand, especially your post 1tess, as you used my own example on my site that I could just copy and paste.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 19, 2011 at 1:09 am

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  @jessiejeanine
  That is good and you are welcome.

  But as Panos pointed out the code should be like this:

  I want to follow the kind of preacher
  <span style="margin-left:28px;">Who, to his students, makes a fine teacher.</span>

  I might have made a mistake? Though it seems what I showed you works well.
  http://www.thesug.org/Blogs/kyles/archive/2009/04/17/CSS_FontSize_em_vs_px_vs_pt_vs_percent.aspx.aspx

  BTW, I like that quotation.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 19, 2011 at 2:13 am

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  @jessiejeanine: The code you originally pasted (positive left margin, negative text indent) is for hanging indentation; that is, indenting all lines of a paragraph except the first. No point using it when you only want to indent a single line.

  @Tess: Or like that (same result):

  I want to follow the kind of preacher
  <span style="margin-left:28px;">Who</span>, to his students, makes a fine teacher.