### 7.5 Understanding text output formats

Text output formats include block (paragraph) and inline (character) formats. DITA2Go provides two sets of properties for output paragraph and character formats:

- Inline properties that apply to both character and paragraph formats
- Block properties that apply only to paragraph formats.

In this section:

§7.5.1 Understanding where to define text output formats

§7.5.2 Providing padding around the text body area for HTML

§7.5.3 Establishing base values and units of measurement

§7.5.4 Including formats for features not present in body content

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Parent Topic: 7. Configuring output formats

Sibling Topics:

7.1 Understanding the purpose of output formats

7.2 Working with format configuration files

7.3 Creating aliases to existing format names

7.4 Understanding how to define output formats

7.6 Configuring text output formats

7.7 Configuring table output formats

7.8 Configuring page layouts for RTF output

7.9 Inserting line, column, and page breaks in output