Wrapping bulleted text around table

[wendy l]

Operating system: Windows XP Professional, Front Page 2002

I am trying to wrap text around a table using Frontpage's style attribute in
the table tag as style="float: left;". My problem is this: The text contains
bullets which, although I am using the <ul> and <li> tags, aligns to the
right and the bullets actually overlap the table they should be wrapping
around. It looks fine when I align it to the right all bullets appear as
they should. It also looks fine in Netscape using the vspace and hspace
attributes when the table is aligned to the left. But for some reason when
the table that I want to wrap my text around is aligned to the left in
internet explorer, the bullets are shifted out of their correct positions,
overlapping the table, and the text is aligned to the left when it should be
tabbed over a bit. Is there a solution for this?

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

Operating system: Windows XP Professional, Front Page 2002

I am trying to wrap text around a table using Frontpage's
style attribute in the table tag as style="float: left;".
My problem is this: The text contains bullets which,
although I am using the <ul> and <li> tags, aligns to the
right and the bullets actually overlap the table they
should be wrapping around. It looks fine when I align it
to the right all bullets appear as they should. It also
looks fine in Netscape using the vspace and hspace
attributes when the table is aligned to the left. But for
some reason when the table that I want to wrap my text
around is aligned to the left in internet explorer, the
bullets are shifted out of their correct positions,
overlapping the table, and the text is aligned to the
left when it should be tabbed over a bit. Is there a
solution for this?

Yes; in fact, there are serveral. Here are two:

o Add another column at the right of the table, make it
wide enough for the amount of white space you need.
and get rid of the vspace and hspace attributes you
added for Netscape.

o Get rid of the bullet list and use a table instead.
Each row would contain one bullet item, and the first
column would contain bullet pictures.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
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