"BG" <blind_guardian@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>..
> For example, I may have a style defined for h3 elements but for 1
> particular h3, I need to have the browser ignore the style defined
> there and use the style that it would ordinarily display the h3 as if
> there was no definition for the h3.
>..

You should specify the original h3-style so that it will only select
h3-elements of a certain class.
All the user-h3 has to do then is to not use that class.

You could also inherit by using a div-wrapper, in case you don't want to
include classes in each author-h3.

For example, in the HTML:

    <div class="myStyle">
        <h3>Text in my style</h3>
        <p>...</p>
    </div>
    <div class="userStyle">
        <h3>Text in user Style</h3>
    </div>

And the CSS:
    .myStyle h3
    {
        letter-spacing: 2px;
        /* etc. */
    }

Depending on the CSS-property, there are also the values "inherit",
"normal", "auto" or "none" (no quotes).

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Philipp Lenssen
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