Re: FrontPage 2000, Centering Grouped Objects
From: arcarius (arcarius_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:51:46 -0600
Christopher Muto wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply. That certainly helps a lot and it took only
> a few minutes to redo it using a table. It looks much better too. However,
> I find that the entire table stays to the left (as opposed to being
> centered) when displayed in a large browser window. I just think it would
> look better if the entire table could be centered on whatever page size is
> displayed. Do you know if there is a way to control that? No matter what I
> select under table properties it does not seem to impact the behavior of the
> published page. Thank you.
>
> "arcarius" <arcarius@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:wU_vd.69$c%.1@okepread05...
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>>Christopher Muto wrote:
>>
>>>Forgive me for not knowing the nomenclature of FrontPage but here is my
>>>problem...
>>>I am trying to build a very simple page that has three graphic objects.
>>>I want two of the objects to appear on the same line (horizontally) even
>>>when viewed with a small browser window and so have grouped them with the
>>>position option to prevent them from wrapping (being displayed on two
>>>lines, vertically). I have only specified the vertical position in the
>>>position window but the group will not respond to the 'center' command.
>>>As such, when viewed in a large browser window the objects are not
>>>centered. I hope that makes sense and i thank you for you taking the
>>>time to help if you can.
>>
>>What you should considering doing for any layout with graphics that you
>>want to appear in a certain spot on the screen is to put them into tables.
>>Tables are used widely by a lot of designers to create the illusion of
>>WYSIWYG. With tables you can put your graphic image anywhere on the page
>>that you have a cell that you can put it in. Inside the cell, you can also
>>align it anyway you want. By not using tables, you end up with images
>>flowing however it wants to based on the size of the broswer and screen
>>that your visitor is viewing it in. Also, note that the tables should not
>>be more than 760 pixels wide for 800 x 600 viewing or 600 pixels wide for
>>640 x 480 viewing. Keep these numbers handy whenever you want to build
>>tables.
>>
>>Arcarius76
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>
>
The default for tables are left aligned. You can fix this by
highlighting the whole table and go into its property and changing the
alignment to what you want.
Arcarius76
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