Word-Spacing

word-spacing Support Key: [*CSS1\|CSS2\|CSS2.1] [IE6\|N6\|O3.5*\|S1]	Other Text Properties
	letter-spacing white-space word-wrap text-align text-align-last	text-decoration text-transform text-shadow text-indent text-underline-position
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What is it?: This property controls the space in addition to the default spacing between words in a given section. Values may be negative. The justify value to the align property may influence the effects of this property.

Allowed Values
inherit
[CSS2|CSS2.1] [N6|O4|S1]: Type: Explicit; Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
normal
[CSS1|CSS2|CSS2.1] [IE6|N6|O3.5|S1]: Type: Explicit; Description:
This value specifies that the current font or browser default word spacing will be used.
[length]
[CSS1|CSS2|CSS2.1] [IE6|N6|O3.5|S1]: Type: Explicit; Description:
The length value is an amount in addition to the browser default space between words. Any of the standard Relative or Absolute Length Units may be used. Negative values are allowed, but browsers may have limits to behavior in such situations.

Example: Ext/Doc: h5.xwide { word-spacing: 0.4em }; In-Line: <h5 STYLE="word-spacing: 0.4em">this is a test</h5>

Notes

CSS1 Conformance: Browsers may treat any value of this property as if it was set to "normal."

Browser Peculiarities

[Reported elsewhere] Internet Explorer: Macintosh versions of IE supported this property as far back as version 4.0.