how to control the size of a paragraph?

[aryaman]

Hi all. I have a paragraph which i had cut from a template. I want to include this as a sidebar of my html page towards the left.Here is the html for it -

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What CSS should i write so that i can control the its size just as a sidebar. The problem is that it spreads across the page.Thanking youxyyrus

[roondog]

Your div has a class="left" so you want.left{width: 200px;}obviously change the width as desired using px,em or % as a unit.