Typing expands cell?

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As soon as I type a letter inside one of four cells in a table, the cell
expands and makes the other three cells smaller, eventhough there is plenty
of room within the cell. Why? Got to be a simple answer just cant find it,
too late maybe. Thanks
 
All cells must have content of some kind.

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Unless you specify what the exact widths will be, a browser will determine
how to expand a cell to it's own liking. The best result to avoid expansion
comes from using pixel widths for the table cells, then placing a spacer
image (which is normally a 1 pixel by 1 pixel transparent gif) in each cell
and specifying it to have the same width as the cell that it's in (don't
forget to set the height to 1 on the image or else it will stretch to match
the width usually) thus forcing each cell to be a particular width.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Mark:

*Even* if you specify, the browser is free to change those dimensions. They
are regarded as recommendations only, and really specify the minimum
dimension. Besides, they are deprecated (for what that's worth) in favor of
CSS anyhow.

The very best practice I have found is to not use dimensions at all. Well,
I do specify table widths, and the occasional 100% width cell, but all the
rest of my cells are dimensionless. I either shim the critical ones, rely
on cell content to maintain the shape, or use CSS to control the table.
 
You might want to take a look at this page..
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832701033.aspx

About 6-9 down are FrontPage Courses on tables...

Don
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| As soon as I type a letter inside one of four cells in a table, the cell
| expands and makes the other three cells smaller, eventhough there is
plenty
| of room within the cell. Why? Got to be a simple answer just cant find it,
| too late maybe. Thanks
 
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