Column Width Problem

I am unable to narrow the width of the first column of a 3 column by 120 row table. The table contains text only, no graphic spacers. I've played with the table formats, e.g., pixils an %, but can get nowhere. Help, please

Bob

column will only be a small as the smallest item you are inserting into it.
What type of text content are you inserting into this column?

Also make sure that the other columns also have content, and that the total
width of all columns equals 100% of the table width.

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"Bob Miller" <rjma@rjma.com> wrote in message
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> I am unable to narrow the width of the first column of a 3 column by 120
row table. The table contains text only, no graphic spacers. I've played
with the table formats, e.g., pixils an %, but can get nowhere. Help,
please?
>
> Bob

You can view my problem table at http://www.rjma.com/rfps/health1227.htm. I can't get the left column to narrow.

Type of text? Not sure what you're asking. It's simple text.

The cell widths in the column are measured in pixels, not %s. To change this, can I block the entire column, then change the cell properties?

Bob

Except for the disclaimer (at bottom of your page) your page consists of a single large table
In the section w/ 3 columns showing you have many merged cells (from the above rows) which will "rule" the overall cell width or
each column
To control cell widths independently of other rows, you need to redo your page to be a series of separate tables or nested tables

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"Bob Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AB128EB2-8B61-4018-A3AD-F50AAF0742BD@microsoft.com...
| You can view my problem table at http://www.rjma.com/rfps/health1227.htm. I can't get the left column to narrow.
|
| Type of text? Not sure what you're asking. It's simple text.
|
| The cell widths in the column are measured in pixels, not %s. To change this, can I block the entire column, then change the cell
properties?
|
| Bob

The width of your left column (I assume you mean the green background) is
controlled by your navigation buttons, which are in cells in the same table.
Suggest you split the table so that different components of your page are
contained in their own tables, which will give much greater control over
cell sizing. The page may render in browsers faster as a result.

You also have a large number of illegally placed <center> </center> tags,
which have no content.

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"Bob Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> You can view my problem table at http://www.rjma.com/rfps/health1227.htm.
I can't get the left column to narrow.
>
> Type of text? Not sure what you're asking. It's simple text.
>
> The cell widths in the column are measured in pixels, not %s. To change
this, can I block the entire column, then change the cell properties?
>
> Bob

That fixed it. You guys are great. Thanks.

How do I determine which <center> tags are illegal? What adverse impact do they have on the table? How is the best way to remove them?

Again, thanks to all.

Bob Miller

The illegal tags are between </tr> and <tr> tags.
In HTML view search (menu: Edit - Find) for <center> and delete any that are
followed by </center> with no HTML between.
Some browsers may choke on these misplaced tags, other browsers will ignore
them. However removing the tags, and the spaces that are with them, will
cut down on the page size.

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"Bob Miller" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> That fixed it. You guys are great. Thanks.
>
> How do I determine which <center> tags are illegal? What adverse impact
do they have on the table? How is the best way to remove them?
>
> Again, thanks to all.
>
> Bob Miller