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CSS MARGINS
CSS ‘margin’ properties enable to create space around an HTML element, outside any border. It is also
possible to use negative values to overlap the content. Properties to set margin around an element are:
margin: It specifies the top, right, left and bottom margin around an element.
margin-bottom: It is used to set the bottom margin of an element.
margin-top: It is used to set the top margin of an element.
margin-left: It is used to set the left margin of an element.
margin-right: It is used to set the right margin of an element.
Syntax to use the 'margin' property is as follows:
<P STYLE=“MARGIN-TOP:Value; MARGIN-BOTTOM:Value; MARGIN-RIGHT:Value;
MARGIN-LEFT:Value;”>
TEXT
</P>
CSS HEIGHT AND WIDTH
The height and width properties enable to set the height and width of an element. It is also used to set
the height and width of the area inside the border, margin, etc. of the element.
The height and width can be specified in length whose values can be in ‘px’, ‘cm’, etc. or in percent (%) of
the containing block. Syntax to use the 'height' and 'width' properties of CSS is as follows:
<P STYLE=“HEIGHT:Value; WIDTH:Value”>
TEXT
</P>
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