Re: text/table width?

by "Cindy Stanley" <stanleysupport(at)prodigy.net>

 Date:  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 16:24:23 -0500
 To:  <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
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From: Karen Pickel <pegleg(at)rapidnet.com>
>text can spread WAY out and get hard to read as what was
>say, 4 line paragraph at 800 x 600 is now maybe 1 1/2 lines
>at 1024 x 768 or more right?  Ok, if one uses a table to limit
>this "stretch out" do you specify pixel width and risk scrolling on low
>res but correct viewing at 800 x 600 and higher?

To avoid "stretch out" lines, opt to place your text paragraphs in
separate cells (tds). Use more than one cell (td) in a table row, for
each table. For best results, when dealing with text and different
resolutions, specify the width attribute in percentages instead.

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Cindy K. Stanley

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