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Open the topic style sheet that you want to modify.
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Complete one of the following sets of steps, depending on whether you want to use the Simplified view or Advanced view in the Stylesheet Editor.
- Simplified The Simplified view is better for new users. It provides an easier way to apply properties to styles, with format options available from a toolbar (similar to the way one would use the Text Format toolbar to change the look topic content without a style). In many cases, only the most common property options are available in the Simplified view (e.g., font, letter/word spacing, paragraph alignment/indentation, auto-numbering format, borders, background). One advantage of the Simplified view is that you can apply a property to multiple styles at the same time. You can also click a check box to hide the properties in the editor, allowing you to see only the styles.
- Advanced The Advanced view displays style classes and properties in hierarchical tree structures. It is not as quick as using the Simplified view, but it allows you to edit a great deal more settings than are available in the Simplified view.
Warning: When editing styles, make sure the proper medium is selected in the Stylesheet Editor before you begin (you can do this from the Medium drop-down list). Flare remembers the last medium that you used when working in the style sheet, so it may or may not be the one that you want to use the next time around. If you want all mediums to use the same setting, select the "default" medium and the properties will "trickle down" to the other mediums. If you are not using different mediums, you do not need to worry about selecting one when you edit styles. See About Style Sheet Mediums.
If using the Simplified view:
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays
(which means that the Simplified view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays 
instead, then click it.
- In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field
and select Show Paragraph Styles.
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Select the appropriate <div> style. If you use the default style when inserting the text boxes, then select div. Otherwise, if you have used a class of that style that you created previously, then select it instead.
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In the local toolbar of the editor, click 
. The Properties dialog opens.
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Select the Paragraph tab.
- Set the options in the Indentation and Spacing sections to specify the left/right and top/bottom margins, respectively.
- In the Properties dialog, click OK.
If using the Advanced view:
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays (which means that the Advanced view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays instead, then click it.
- In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field and select Show Paragraph Styles.
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Select the appropriate <div> style. If you use the default style when inserting the text boxes, then select div. Otherwise, if you have used a class of that style that you created previously, then select it instead.
- From the Show Properties drop-down list
on the upper-right side of the editor, select Show: Property Groups.
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In the Properties section, click the plus button 
next to Box to expand the group.
The property name is shown in the left column. The right column is used for selecting and entering values for the property.
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Locate the margin property that you want to change. Each side (bottom, left, right, top) has separate properties that you can set (e.g., margin-top). If you plan to have the same settings for all four sides, you can simply use the margin property.
- Press CTRL+S or click
to save your work.
How to add margins to a text box using a style
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