body { margin:0; text-align:left }

[mickywall]

If I put this in an external sytlesheet
body { margin:0; text-align:left; }
the text in my tables in IE center.

If I include
td { text-align:left; } the text doesn't center

Is there any reason for this, surely using the body selector should just work?

thanks,

 

[oppcos]

You are correct that the body stylesheet should just work. However, if there is a style deeper down in the hierarchy that contradicts the body's text-align, then the deeper attribute takes precedence. This is undoubtedly what's happening, as left justified is the default, so you shouldn't need the body style anyway.

Post your code if you can't find the problematic style / html.

 

[CliveC]

I think to cover all the bases you need:

body, table, a { margin:0; text-align:left; }



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