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The value of the
leftmargin
attribute is the integer number of pixels for
that left-margin indent; a value of 10 is the default. The margin is filled
with the background color or image.
For example, Internet Explorer renders the following text justified
against a margin 50 pixels away from the left edge of the browser win-
dow (see
Figure 5-24
):
Figure 5-24. The leftmargin attribute for indenting body
content
<body leftmargin=50>
Modern browsers lets you indent the<br>
<left margin<br>
away from the left edge of the window.
</body>
5.3.1.7. The topmargin attribute
Like
leftmargin
, the
topmargin
attribute extension used to be exclusive
to Internet Explorer, but now all the popular browsers support it well.
You may include it in the
<body>
tag to set a margin of space at the top
