Re: Publisher 2003 in IE7 vs. Firefox

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Whoops, my bad. I forgot to remove the attachment when I decided to use
yousendit instead. Sorry about breaking the rules about attachments.

DavidF

"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Earl,

I guess we just aren't understanding your problem as the site looks fine,
and identical in IE6 and FF and even Opera to me, and looks the same to
John in IE7. If the page looks different than the way it looks when in
your Publisher file, then we wouldn't know that. I guess we don't know
what you mean when you say "off to the left in one column". Are you
perhaps saying that it doesn't look correct because the page is left
justified in the browser window? Perhaps if you were to try again to
specifically describe what you mean, because right now it all looks just
fine and exactly the same in IE, FF and even Opera.

Here is a link to a GIF file of a screen shot what I see when I look at
your site:
http://download.yousendit.com/1238FCCD249BA0AB
This is what I see in IE, FF and Opera. What is different for you? What is
wrong for you? If you want to post a screenshot that is different than
this one, just upload it via www.yousendit.com (free) and post the link.

Linking PDF files is not an issue...very straight forward and easy, but if
you are planning a "massive" site, then perhaps Publisher is not the right
choice. As Publisher built sites get bigger they do become harder to
manage. It seems that most people that use Publisher have sites that are
less than 20 pages...maybe less than 50, but there are exceptions to that
rule. If you are contemplating a site with several hundred pages, then I
would agree that you should look elsewhere.

DavidF

"Earl" <earl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I thought I had already tried to delete temp files but I did it again;
same
story with the display, it's still of to the left in one column.

It's not so much that ultimately this cannot be resolved but that when a
user sees a webpage, they aren't going to screw around with settings and
such -- you've got literally seconds and they are gone. This is just a
simple page, but I'm planning a massive design and if IE7 requires users
to
touch their nose while standing on their tiptoes I will not be able to
link
in Publisher brochures. So for now at least the Publisher files will go
away
in the next iteration. I'm hopeful that Publisher is the underlying
reason
that IE7 cannot consistently display properly. Someone at MS is surely
aware
of this obscure bug.

Thanks for your advice David.

"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Don't know what to tell you Earl. John says it looks ok in his copy of
IE7, and it looks fine in IE6 and FF. Perhaps empty your temp folders
and
view the page again? Or just hit F5 and force a reload, and see if you
get
something different. Sorry we can't give you a better answer.

DavidF

"Earl" <earl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks to both. The issue in IE7 was that the graphics did not display
and the layout did not lay into the columns as it was designed -- it
all
went to a single column format.

"John G" <green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Earl,
It looks the same to me whatever IE7 and Firefox on the one computer.
Please describe your problem.

John G.

"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Earl,

Sorry, but I don't have IE7 installed anymore, and the page looks
fine
in IE6 and FF. Hopefully someone will come along with IE 7 and offer
you some feedback.

When you say that the page does not display properly, can you
describe
to me what parts of the page don't look right? When you say that the
page does not display properly with IE7, are you viewing the page
with
different computers?

DavidF

"Earl" <earl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The link to the file is www.lastchancesoftware.com


"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As you did not provide a link to the problem page, I will suggest
the
basic fixes:

1. Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and
"Allow
PNG...". The "Rely on VML..." option has be removed from Pub 2007.

2. Do not use a Master page in a web publication.

3. Ungroup any design elements with hyperlinks, such as text boxes
grouped
with images. The grouping tends to create combined images which
kill
the
links.

4. Along the same lines as #3, if you are using a bottom navbar
that
is
built with the navbar wizard in Publisher, you must ungroup that
set
of
links from the wizard. Otherwise it will be converted to an image
and
the
links won't work.

Try those fixes, and if they do not help, then post back with a
link
to the page where you are having problems, along with a detailed
description of the problem.

Be sure to compress your images and graphics before you upload your
new html files. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create
smaller Publisher Web pages:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011266301033.aspx

DavidF

"Earl" <earl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone know why a Publisher 2003 web page would display properly
in
Firefox but not in IE7? Just a single page, with 3 graphics and
some column formatting.

I've checked the Tools > Internet Options and didn't see anything
that I thought might prevent the proper display.

As an aside, it's pretty pathetic that I had to download Firefox
to
see the correct preview of Publisher output. Extremely
disappointing
that Microsoft cannot seem to get it right anymore. If this is
some
obscure security fix, I can live without it.




















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