Text Properties vertical-align Usage Affects the vertical positioning of the boxes generated by an inline-level element. Values baseline | sub | super | top | texttop | middle | bottom | text-bottom | sub | <percentage> CSS2 Values inherit Initial baseline Applies to Inline-level and table-cell elements. Inherited No. white-space Usage Specifies how white space inside the element is handled. CSS1 Values normal | pre | nowrap CSS2 Values inherit Initial normal Applies to Block-level elements. Inherited Yes. word-spacing Usage Specifies the spacing behavior between words. Values normal | <length> CSS2 Values inherit Initial normal Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec7.html (3 von 3) [19.12.2006 13:50:41] Visual Effects Properties Visual Effects Properties The following properties affect visual rendering of an element. clip Usage Defines which portion of an element's rendered content is visible. CSS2 Values <shape> | auto | inherit Initial auto Applies to Block-level and replaced elements. Inherited No. overflow Usage Specifies whether the contents of a block-level element are clipped when they overflow the element's box. CSS2 Values visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit Initial visible Applies to Block-level and replaced elements. Inherited No. visibility Usage Specifies whether the boxes generated by an element are rendered. CSS2 Values visible | hidden | collapse | inherit Initial inherit Applies to All elements. Inherited No. file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec8.html [19.12.2006 13:50:41] Aural Style Sheet Properties Aural Style Sheet Properties Aural style sheets are provided for the blind and visually impaired communities. Page contents are read to the user. The aural style sheet "canvas" uses dimensional space to render sounds in specified sequences as page elements are displayed and selected. azimuth Usage Enables you to position a sound. Designed for spatial audio, which requires binaural headphones or five-speaker home theater systems. CSS2 Values <angle> | [[left-side | far-left | left | center-left | center | center-right | right | far-right | right-side] || behind ]| leftwards | rightwards | inherit Initial center Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. cue Usage Shorthand property for cue-before and cue-after. Plays a sound before or after an element is rendered. CSS2 Values cue-before | cue-after | inherit Initial Not defined (shorthand property). Applies to All elements. Inherited No. cue-after, cue-before Usage Plays a sound after (cue-after) or before (cue-before) an element is rendered. CSS2 Values <uri> | none | inherit Initial none Applies to All elements. Inherited No. elevation Usage Enables you to position the angle of a sound. For use with spatial audio (binaural headphones or five-speaker home theater setups required). file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec9.html (1 von 5) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Aural Style Sheet Properties CSS2 Values <angle> | below | level | above | higher | lower | inherit Initial level Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. pause Usage A shorthand property for setting pause-before and pause-after in the same location in the style sheet. CSS2 Values <time> | <percentage> | inherit Initial Depends on browser. Applies to All elements. Inherited No. pause-after, pause-before Usage Specifies a pause to be observed before or after speaking an element's content. CSS2 Values <time> | <percentage> | inherit Initial Depends on browser. Applies to All elements. Inherited No. pitch Usage Specifies the average pitch (frequency) of the speaking voice. CSS2 Values <frequency> | x-low | low | medium | high | x-high | inherit Initial medium Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. Notes Average pitch for the standard male voice is around 120Hz; for the female voice, it is around 210Hz. pitch-range Usage Specifies variation in average pitch. Used to vary inflection and add animation to the voice. file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec9.html (2 von 5) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Aural Style Sheet Properties CSS2 Values <number> | inherit Initial 50 Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. play-during Usage Specifies a sound to be played as a background while an element's content is spoken. CSS2 Values <uri> | mix? | repeat? | auto | none | inherit Initial auto Applies to All elements. Inherited No. richness Usage Specifies the richness, or brightness, of the speaking voice. CSS2 Values <number> | inherit Initial 50 Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. speak Usage Specifies whether text will be rendered aurally, and in what manner. CSS2 Values normal | none | spell-out | inherit Initial normal Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. speak-header Usage Specifies whether table headers are spoken before every cell, or only before a cell when it is associated with a different header than a previous cell. CSS2 Values once | always | inherit file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec9.html (3 von 5) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Aural Style Sheet Properties Initial once Applies to Elements that have header information. Inherited Yes. speak-numeral Usage Speaks numbers as individual digits (100 is spoken as "one zero zero") or as a continuous full number (100 is spoken as "one hundred"). CSS2 Values digits | continuous | inherit Initial continuous Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. speak-punctuation Usage Speaks punctuation literally (period, comma, and so on) or naturally as various pauses. CSS2 Values code | none | inherit Initial none Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. speech-rate Usage Specifies the speaking rate of the voice. CSS2 Values <number> | x-slow | slow | medium | fast | x-fast | faster | slower | inherit Initial medium Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. stress Usage Specifies the height of local peaks in the intonation of a voice. Controls the amount of inflection within stress markers. CSS2 Values <number> | inherit Initial 50 file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec9.html (4 von 5) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Aural Style Sheet Properties Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. Notes A companion to the pitch-range property. voice-family Usage Specifies a comma-separated list of voice family names. CSS2 Values <specific-voice> | <generic-voice> | inherit Initial Depends on browser. Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. volume Usage Specifies the median volume of a waveform. Ranges from 0 (minimum audible volume level) to 100 (maximum comfortable level). CSS2 Values <number> | <percentage> | silent | x-soft | soft | medium | loud | x-loud | inherit Initial medium Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. Notes silent renders no sound at all. x-soft = 0, soft = 25, medium = 50, loud = 75, and x- loud = 100. file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec9.html (5 von 5) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Generated Content/Automatic Numbering Properties Generated Content/Automatic Numbering Properties CSS2 introduces properties and values that enable authors to render content automatically (for example, numbered lists can be generated automatically). Authors specify style and location of generated content with :before and :after pseudo-elements that indicate the page elements before and after which content is generated automatically. content Usage Used with :before and :after pseudo-elements to generate content in a document. CSS2 Values <string> | <uri> | <counter> | attr(X) | open-quote | close-quote | no-open-quote | no- close-quote | inherit Initial empty string Applies to :before and :after pseudo-elements. Inherited All. counter-increment Usage Accepts one or more names of counters (identifiers), each one optionally followed by an integer. The integer indicates the amount of increment for every occurrence of the element. CSS2 Values <identifier> | <integer> | none | inherit Initial none Applies to All elements. Inherited No. counter-reset Usage Contains a list of one or more names of counters. The integer gives the value that the counter is set to on each occurrence of the element. CSS2 Values <identifier> | <integer> | none | inherit Initial none Applies to All elements. Inherited No. marker-offset file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec10.html (1 von 2) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Generated Content/Automatic Numbering Properties Usage Specifies the distance between the nearest border edges of a marker box and its associated principal box. CSS2 Values <length> | auto | inherit Initial auto Applies to Elements with display property set to marker. Inherited No. quotes Usage Specifies quotation marks for embedded quotations. CSS2 Values <string> | <string>+ | none | inherit Initial Depends on browser. Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec10.html (2 von 2) [19.12.2006 13:50:42] Paged Media Properties Paged Media Properties Normally, a web page appears as a continuous page. CSS2 introduces the concept of paged media, which is designed to split a document into one or more discrete pages for display on paper, transparencies, computer screens, and so on. Page size, margins, page breaks, widows, and orphans can all be set with the following properties and values. Unfortunately, these properties aren't supported by any current browsers. marks Usage Specifies whether cross marks, crop marks, or both should be rendered just outside the page box. Used in high-quality printing. CSS2 Values crop | cross | none | inherit Initial none Applies to Page context. Inherited N/A. orphans Usage Specifies the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must be left at the bottom of a page. CSS2 Values <integer> | inherit Initial 2 Applies to Block-level elements. Inherited Yes. page Usage Used to specify a particular type of page where an element should be displayed. CSS2 Values <identifier> :left | :right | auto Initial auto Applies to Block-level elements. Inherited Yes. Notes By adding :left or :right, the element can be forced to fall on a left or right page. page-break-after, page-break-before file:///G|/1/0672328860/app03lev1sec11.html (1 von 2) [19.12.2006 13:50:43] . (period, comma, and so on) or naturally as various pauses. CSS2 Values code | none | inherit Initial none Applies to All elements. Inherited Yes. speech-rate Usage Specifies the speaking rate of. high-quality printing. CSS2 Values crop | cross | none | inherit Initial none Applies to Page context. Inherited N /A. orphans Usage Specifies the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must. discrete pages for display on paper, transparencies, computer screens, and so on. Page size, margins, page breaks, widows, and orphans can all be set with the following properties and values.