<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
	  xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
	  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
	  version="5.0"
	  xml:id="body.start.indent">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>body.start.indent</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo role="type">length</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>body.start.indent</refname>
<refpurpose>The start-indent for the body text</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment xml:id="body.start.indent.frag">
<xsl:param name="body.start.indent" select="'4pc'"/>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>

<para>This parameter provides one means of indenting the body text
relative to the left page margin. It is used in place of the
<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> for all XSL-FO processors
except FOP. It enables support for side floats to appear in the
indented margin area.
</para>

<para>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 <literal>set.flow.properties</literal>. By default,
that template adds it to the flow for page-sequences using the
<quote>body</quote> master-reference, as well as appendixes and
prefaces.
</para>

<para>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.
</para>

<para>See also <parameter>body.end.indent</parameter> and
<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>.
</para>

</refsect1>
</refentry>
