The usual label for this property is padding and should be used in the respective dialogs. Use "padding" for space inside boxes and "margin" for outside distances. (CC help and l10n)
Regina says: "Word 2010 labels the function as 'Internal margin' (dt: 'Innerer Seitenrand'), which is not suited. Selfhtml uses the wording 'padding' (dt: 'Innenabstand') and 'margin' (dt: 'Außenabstand'). 'Spacing to Content (Margin)' could be kept with the small change to not confuse beginners. For wrap it could also be 'Spacing (Margin)'." Following this suggestion the setting for "Indents & Spacing" could be labeled "Spacing (Padding)". But I think we better use clear terms and let the user lern it.
So here is the competition. HTML img:vspace - whitespace on top and bottom of an image img:hspace - whitespace on left and right side of an image table:cellpadding - space between the cell wall and the cell content table:cellspacing - space between cells CSS table:padding - space between the border and the content in a table table:border-spacing - sets the distance between the borders of adjacent cells margin - used to generate space around elements padding - used to generate space around content http://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_table.asp http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-spacing.asp http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_margin.asp http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_padding.asp Word 2010 / WPS/Kingsoft Writer Table: Cell Margins (inside box), Cell Spacing (between cells), Distance from surrounding text (around table) Object Wrapping: Distance from text (around object) Calligra Words Object Wrapping: Shape and text is separated (around object) WordPerfect X7 Table: Inside margins in cell (inside box)
Calligra Words: Indent/Spacing section with "Line Spacing" and "Paragraph Space" (No need to follow what others do, in my opinion. CSS is the mother of all.)
Gabor Kelemen committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=8d0acf8763a154fac6597cb37d023c0412710c7a tdf#103275 Rename 'Spacing to Content' to 'Padding' It will be available in 6.0.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
I’m happy with the new non-convoluted term =)
Thanks for fixing the issue.