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On the test page at http://www.cjmorgan.com/modern-abstract-art.htm if I add
a doctype declaration above the <html> then it looks ok in normal view, but
in preview the H1 and left hand navigation are both centered.

The doctype I tried is
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Maybe I need a different one? Or maybe there's something else I need to do
to make this work? Without the doctype the page seems ok. TIA

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I don't know if this is the cause, but there is a table where the cells add
up to 110% of the tables width....
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"Catherine Jo Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On the test page at http://www.cjmorgan.com/modern-abstract-art.htm if I
add
> a doctype declaration above the <html> then it looks ok in normal view,
but
> in preview the H1 and left hand navigation are both centered.
>
> The doctype I tried is
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>
> Maybe I need a different one? Or maybe there's something else I need to do
> to make this work? Without the doctype the page seems ok. TIA
>
>

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Catherine:
IIRC, with that DOCTYPE, cell contents inherit their alignment from that
specified for the table. So if a table is centered, you need to specify
different alignment for the cells if you don't want them centered as well.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
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Catherine Jo Morgan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On the test page at http://www.cjmorgan.com/modern-abstract-art.htm
> if I add a doctype declaration above the <html> then it looks ok in
> normal view, but in preview the H1 and left hand navigation are both
> centered.
>
> The doctype I tried is
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>
> Maybe I need a different one? Or maybe there's something else I need
> to do to make this work? Without the doctype the page seems ok. TIA

's Computer Specifications

Someone pointed out some <center> code that I hadn't seen was there. When I
took it out, the problem disappeared. Thanks for help from both of you.

"Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Catherine:
> IIRC, with that DOCTYPE, cell contents inherit their alignment from that
> specified for the table. So if a table is centered, you need to specify
> different alignment for the cells if you don't want them centered as well.
>
> --
> ~ Kathleen Anderson
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> Spider Web Woman Designs
> http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
>
>
> Catherine Jo Morgan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > On the test page at http://www.cjmorgan.com/modern-abstract-art.htm
> > if I add a doctype declaration above the <html> then it looks ok in
> > normal view, but in preview the H1 and left hand navigation are both
> > centered.
> >
> > The doctype I tried is
> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
> >
> > Maybe I need a different one? Or maybe there's something else I need
> > to do to make this work? Without the doctype the page seems ok. TIA
>

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