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saw15

saw15

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Jan 24, 2001
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New to VI & Web Development..

Can I limit the page width ?
 
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If you are talking about how wide your data displays, you need to put them in a table. Is that your question?

-Uncle Cake
 
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Pretty much .. somewhat like tek-tips has done.

I don't want the page to span across the users entire screen. I thought the answer was tables, was hoping that I could set a total document width, something like word.
 
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Tables will let you do just about anything. This is a basic table that is 700 pixels wide starting from the left.

<table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;700&quot;>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;100%&quot;>Your text goes here. This table is 700 pixels wide.</td>
</tr>
</table>

-Uncle Cake
 
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You may need to put images in the top table row to enforce widths - otherwise some text or objects will cause the grid size to be overridden.
Typically, a 1 pixel sized 'invisible gif' is used - and the IMG tag will specify the actual size. Its a pain but it works across many browsers. Its this kind of stuff that Dreamweaver excells at. (Content Management)
 
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