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Index: M

margin-bottom property: 7.3.4. Single-Side Margin Properties

margin-left property: 7.3.4. Single-Side Margin Properties

margin property: 7.3. Margins

margin-right property: 7.3.4. Single-Side Margin Properties

margin-top property: 7.3.4. Single-Side Margin Properties

margins: 7. Boxes and Borders

7.3. Margins

collapsing: 7.3.5. Collapsing Margins

block-level elements: 8.2.1.2. Collapsing vertical margins

floated elements: 7.6.1. Floated Elements

horizontal, noncollapsing: 8.2.2. Horizontal Formatting

inline elements and: 7.3.7. Margins and Inline Elements

caution with: 7.3.8. Margins: Known Issues

length values and: 7.3.1. Length Values and Margins

negative (see negative margins)

vs. padding: 7.2. Margins or Padding?

percentages and: 7.3.2. Percentages and Margins

replication: 7.3.3. Replicating Values

single side, setting margin for: 7.3.4. Single-Side Margin Properties

table cells and: 1.3.1. Limited Initial Scope

markers: 8.2.3. List Items

8.2.3. List Items

10.4.2. Markers

matching hyphenated values: 10.2.2.5. Matching hyphenated values

matching single attribute values: 10.2.2.3. Matching single attribute values

max-height property: 9.1.3.2. Limiting width and height

max-width property: 9.1.3.2. Limiting width and height

media types: 1.3.1. Limited Initial Scope

10.8. Media Types and @-rules

Microsoft Internet Explorer (see Internet Explorer)

middle alignment: 4.1.3.5. In the middle

millimeters (mm): 3.2.1. Absolute Length Units

min-height property: 9.1.3.2. Limiting width and height

min-max properties: 9.1.3.2. Limiting width and height

min-width property: 9.1.3.2. Limiting width and height

monospace fonts: 5.1. Font Families

multiple pages, using styles on: 1.2.3. Using Your Styles on Multiple Pages

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you're likely to see all of your H1 elements colored orange, despite the fact orange isn't on the list of named colors. This is due to the fact that most web browsers recognize as many as 140 color names, including the standard sixteen. There are two problems associated with using these extra names, though. The first is that not all browsers will recognize them; Opera, for example, sticks with the standard 16 | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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8.2.2.3. More than one auto

Now let us consider the cases where two of these three properties are set to auto. If both the margins are set to auto, then they are set to equal lengths, thus centering the element within its parent, as you can see from Figure 8-14:

BLOCKQUOTE {font-style: italic;}BLOCKQUOTE EM, BLOCKQUOTE I {font-style: normal;}

Figure 5-28. Common typographical conventions through CSS