CSS: How to vertically align text in a DIV 1

[Billkamm]

I have a DIV tag and I want to vertically align the text within it. The DIV element's height is 200px, but no matter what I try the text is always at the top of this box. Is vertical-align: middle not the appropriate CSS for accomplishing this? I've even tried putting the text in a SPAN element and setting that to vertical-align: middle as well.

<div style="height: 200px; width: 685px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">
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</div>

 

[vacunita]

You might be better helped if you post this question in the HTML,XHTML & CSS forum here: forum215. For specifics on how and when it is appropriate to use vertical-align.

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[Billkamm]

Thanks for the tip. I believe I found my solution here:

http://phrogz.net/CSS/vertical-align/index.html