Table cells can be coded without sizes, in which case the browser will size
the cell depending on the content in the cell, it's surrounding cells, and
the sizing of the browser window.
Or, table cells can be coded with a specific size in pixels, a couple of
things that come into play here are display resolution and browser window
sizing. 1) If the browser window is sized smaller than the sizing of the
cells than the window will generate scroll bars. 2) Higher display
resolutions like 1600 x 1200 are displaying more pixels across the screen so
any pixels leftover will be padded in the browser window with the page
background.

I recommend you read http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_4.htm as it
gets into tables and cells.
My site davidbartosik.com is an example of fixed pixel sizing of the cells
and tables. If it was viewed at 800 x 640 with a full size browser window
there would probably be just a small amount of background padding. At the
1024x768 I use, and at a full window there is a couple inches of background,
at 1600x1200 there obviously would be much more. In case you didn't figure
it out the background is set to blue.

Sizing can also be done in percentages, whereby the browser sizes in
relation to the display resolution and the browser window. An example of
that is at my site www.barvin.com , resize the window and/or the resolution
and the cells adjust to fit.

Pub 2000 always and only codes with pixel sizing. Period. Your control of
that is done by setting page size, you need to read
http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_5.htm for that info.



Never compare a print document to a web page. A print doc is always made of
fixed values, like 8.5 inches by 11 inches, it's solid as a rock, it's black
and white. But a web page is like balancing an elephant on jello in the
dark.

And printing web pages is always questionable at best. If I had a dime for
every time I printed a web page off of a site and had some degree of content
chop off I wouldn't be here, I'd be on a beach somewhere.
When printing web pages you need to go to the File menu of the browser, then
page settings, and move the margins to as low as possible. After that if I
still can't get a whole page from the site I'm visiting I switch to
landscape printing.



Why would it?
If you've been paying attention all this time you'll realize that.


Have you read http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_5.htm yet ;-)

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David Bartosik - Microsoft MVP
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