The positions of text change when you preview a FrontPage Web page by using Preview in Browser (839358)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000
SYMPTOMSWhen you preview a Microsoft FrontPage Web page by using
Preview in Browser, as you resize the browser window, the
positions of any text, pictures, or other items change and move about in the
browser window.CAUSEThis problem occurs when you use absolute positioning to
position objects on the Web page. Absolute positioning permits you to put an
element at an exact location on a page.
An absolutely positioned page
element is independent from other elements on the page. It is positioned such
that the upper left corner of the element is always at the same pixel
coordinates. This behavior is unlike an inline element that would move in
conjunction with other elements, float on top of, or sit behind other elements,
such as text elements. Text does not flow around absolutely positioned
elements.
When you view the element at different screen resolutions,
the element might not be placed as you intended, although the element still
appears at the pixel coordinates that you specified. When the screen resolution
changes, the layout also changes because other page elements (such as text) are
displayed differently. To make sure that your pages are displayed well to all
site visitors, test your pages in a variety of browsers and screen
resolutions.WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, you can use tables to position
various elements. When you create tables, you must use a set pixel width,
instead of a percentage of page size width. Put the objects, pictures, text,
and other elements in different table cells. To create a fix width
table, follow these steps:
- Put the insertion point where you want to insert the
table.
- On the Table menu, point to
Insert, and then click Table.
- Click to select the In pixels check box,
and then type the width that you want the table to be in pixels.
- In the Rows box, type the number of rows
that you want.
- In the Columns box, type the number of
columns that you want.
- In the Alignment box, select the position
for the table on the page.
- In the Border box, type the width that
you want for the table border in pixels. If you do not want a border, type
0.
- To change the cell padding of the table (the space between
a cell's border and the content), type a number in the Cell
padding box.
- To change the cell spacing of the table (the space between
cells), type a number in the Cell spacing box.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/29/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB839358 kbAudEndUser |
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