body.start.indent — The start-indent for the body text
<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>
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
title.margin.left for
all XSL-FO processors except FOP 0.25.
It enables support for side floats to appear
in the indented margin area.
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
set.flow.properties.
By default, that template adds it to the flow
for page-sequences using the “body”
master-reference, as well as appendixes and prefaces.
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.
If you are using FOP, then set this parameter to a zero
width value and set the title.margin.left
parameter to the negative value of the desired indent.
See also body.end.indent and
title.margin.left.