Use {{pad}} to insert a horizontally-padding HTML <span> inline. The template takes one unnamed parameter; a width value specified in px, em or ex. The default is 1 em.

Indenting by 50 pixels (50px):

  • Indenting 50px causes<br />{{pad|50px}}this amount of space.
  • Indenting 50px causes
     this amount of space.

Width of a year-range (4.8em):

  • 1492-1540 Exploration by<br />{{pad|4.8em}}Columbus & others.
  • 1492-1540 Exploration by
     Columbus & others.

For 1em and 6em:

  • This is a {{pad|1em}} 1em padded sentence.
  • This is a {{pad|6em}} 6em padded example.

Produces:

  • This is a   1em padded example.
  • This is a   6em padded example.
  • {{spaces|n}} - to space by a few spaces, such as {{spaces|7}}
  • {{in5|n}} - to space by 1-to-n spaces, such as {{in5|29}}