<refentry id="margin.note.float.type">
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<refentrytitle>margin.note.float.type</refentrytitle>
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<refname>margin.note.float.type</refname>
<refpurpose>Select type of float for margin note customizations</refpurpose>
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<xsl:param name="margin.note.float.type" select="'none'"/>
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<refsect1><title>Description</title>

<para>Selects the type of float for margin notes.
DocBook does not define a margin note element, so this
feature must be implemented as a customization of the stylesheet.
See <parameter>margin.note.properties</parameter> for
an example.
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>If <parameter>margin.note.float.type</parameter> is
<quote><literal>none</literal></quote>, then 
no float is used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If <parameter>margin.note.float.type</parameter> is
<quote><literal>before</literal></quote>, then 
the float appears at the top of the page.  On some processors,
that may be the next page rather than the current page.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If <parameter>margin.note.float.type</parameter> is
<quote><literal>left</literal></quote> or
<quote><literal>start</literal></quote>, then 
a left side float is used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If <parameter>margin.note.float.type</parameter> is
<quote><literal>right</literal></quote> or
<quote><literal>end</literal></quote>, then 
a right side float is used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If your XSL-FO processor supports floats positioned on the
<quote><literal>inside</literal></quote> or
<quote><literal>outside</literal></quote>
of double-sided pages, then you have those two 
options for side floats as well.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

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