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1 | 1 | <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> |
2 | 2 | <html lang="en"> |
3 | | -<!-- $Id: page.src,v 2.65 2010-08-25 23:13:02 bbos Exp $ --> |
| 3 | +<!-- $Id: page.src,v 2.66 2010-10-25 17:24:44 bbos Exp $ --> |
4 | 4 | <HEAD> |
5 | 5 | <TITLE>Paged media</TITLE> |
6 | 6 | </HEAD> |
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ the <span class="index-def" |
150 | 150 | title=":left|pseudo-class:::left">:left</span> or <span |
151 | 151 | class="index-def" title=":right|pseudo-class:::right">:right</span> |
152 | 152 | pseudo-class. |
| 153 | +Whether the first page of a document is :left or :right depends on the |
| 154 | +major writing direction of the root element. For example, the first |
| 155 | +page of a document with a left-to-right major writing direction would |
| 156 | +be a :right page, and the first page of a document with a |
| 157 | +right-to-left major writing direction would be a :left page. To |
| 158 | +explicitly force a document to begin printing on a left or right page, |
| 159 | +authors can <a href="#page-break-props">insert a page break</a> before |
| 160 | +the first generated box. |
153 | 161 |
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154 | 162 | <div class="example"><P> |
155 | 163 | <PRE> |
@@ -273,8 +281,7 @@ Force one or two page breaks before (after) the generated |
273 | 281 | box so that the next page is formatted as a right page.</dd> |
274 | 282 | </dl> |
275 | 283 |
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276 | | -<p>Whether the first page of a document is :left or :right depends on |
277 | | -the major writing direction of the document. A conforming user agent |
| 284 | +<p>A conforming user agent |
278 | 285 | may interpret the values 'left' and 'right' as 'always'. |
279 | 286 |
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280 | 287 | <p>A potential page break location is typically under the influence |
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