Posted by Fred on 05/10/06 22:02

Thanks, Arne!!

"Arne" <invalid@domain.invalid> wrote in message
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> Once upon a time *Jukka K. Korpela* wrote:
> > "Fred" <testing@testing1212mouse.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On a page with all text, when the lines wrap at the right, some
> >> words butt right up to the very edge of the screen. This makes it
> >> look like the text runs off the screen, even though it doesn't.
> >
> > You seem to think that the page is viewed in fullscreen mode. That's
> > surely possible, but you should think in terms of a _window_ or, most
> > appropriately, _canvas_ (the part of window or paper or other
> > presentation area that is allocated for rendering the document).
> >
> >> I think I have seen code that makes the text take up only a certain
> >> amount of the screen -- say 95%. Can someone pls give me a hand on
> >> this?
> >
> > That would be possible, but you really don't want that. In most
> > browsers, there is small but usually sufficient padding between the
> > page content and the canvas edge. Have you done something to remove
> > it?
> >
> > But if you think the default padding is insufficient, you can use a
> > little piece of CSS to suggest something slightly different, e.g.
> >
> > <style type="text/css"> body { margin: 0; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em
> > 1.5em; } </style>
> >
> > This sets the top and and bottom padding to 0.4em, right padding to
> > 1em and left padding to 1.5em, which should be (more than)
> > sufficient. The em unit roughly corresponds to 2 or 2.5 times the
> > average width of a character.
>
> Maybee you also should say that the peace of CSS should be set to the
> header section of the page, concidering OP say he is "fairly new" to
> HTML and the question is basic :)
>
> So abowe the </head> in the source code is where it should be placed.
>
> --
> /Arne
>
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