The remaining properties are used on a number of
formatting objects. These are arranged into clusters of similar
functionality to
organize the property descriptions. In the formatting object description
the individual properties are referenced.
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Area Alignment Properties
Properties that control the alignment of inline-areas
with respect to each other, particularly in relation to
the mixing of different baselines for different scripts.
In addition, there are two properties: "display-align" and
"relative-align" that control the placement of block-areas.
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Area Dimension Properties
Properties that control the dimensions of both
block-areas and inline-areas.
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Block and Line-related Properties
Properties that govern the construction of line-areas and
the placement of these line-areas within containing
block-areas.
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Character Properties
Properties that govern the presentation of text,
including word spacing, letter spacing, and
word space treatment and suppression.
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Color-related Properties
Properties that govern color and color-model
selection.
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Float-related properties
Properties governing the placement of both
side-floats (start- and end-floats) and before-floats
("top" floats in "lr-tb" writing-mode).
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Keeps and Breaks Properties
Properties that control keeps and breaks across pages,
columns, and lines, including widow and orphan control and
keeping content together.
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Layout-related Properties
These properties control what is "top"
("reference-orientation") as well as clipping, overflow, and
column-spanning conditions.
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Leader and Rule Properties
Properties governing the construction of leaders and
horizontal rules.
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Properties for Dynamic Effects
Properties governing the presentation and actions associated
with links and other dynamic effects.
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Properties for Markers
Properties governing the creation and retrieval of
markers. Markers are used typically for "dictionary"
headers and footers.
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Properties for Number to String Conversions
Properties used in the construction of page-numbers and
other formatter-based numbering.
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Pagination and Layout Properties
These properties govern the sequencing, layout, and instantiation
of pages, including: the page size and orientation, sizes of regions
on the page-master, the identification and selection of page-masters,
division of the body region into columns, and the assignment of
content flows to layout regions.
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Table Properties
Properties governing the layout and presentation
of tables.
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Writing-mode-related Properties
Properties related to various aspects of
"directionality" and writing-mode influencing
block-progression-direction and
inline-progression-direction.
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Miscellaneous Properties
These properties did not reasonably fit into any of the other
categories.
