FrontPage 2003. How do I get a web page to look the same on all .

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Bob Houston

How do I get a web page to look the same on all monitors no matter what font
size is being used by that user. Small, large, normal, ex-large are all
options that users can use depending on their operating system. I used
layers to design the web pages instead of tables. Is that a problem taht
could cause stuff on the pages to move around based on the font sizes?
Thanks for any assist you can provide.
 
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Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]

You can't. Get used to it.
You can only suggest what you think it should look like. But you must
remember that not everyone has perfekt vision. Then there are the fact
that not all people have the font you want to use and so on.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
 
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Mike Fleckenstein

Jens said:
You can't. Get used to it.
You can only suggest what you think it should look like. But you must
remember that not everyone has perfekt vision. Then there are the fact
that not all people have the font you want to use and so on.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Houston [mailto:Bob [email protected]]
Posted At: 7. januar 2005 17:07
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
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the same on all .
Subject: FrontPage 2003. How do I get a web page to look the
same on all .


How do I get a web page to look the same on all monitors no
matter what font size is being used by that user. Small,
large, normal, ex-large are all options that users can use
depending on their operating system. I used layers to design
the web pages instead of tables. Is that a problem taht
could cause stuff on the pages to move around based on the
font sizes?
Thanks for any assist you can provide.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
You could create the document as a pdf and then publish the pdf as a web
page. Although it requires your user to have Acrobat Reader installed,
it resolves your issue, even guarantees your selected font will be used.

Mike Fleckenstein
 
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P@tty Ayers

You need to be aware that it isn't good practice to try and "lock down" the
size or style of the fonts on your pages, since there are always some
variations between browsers and platforms, and because some people will want
to change the text size using their browser.

As far as "best practices" - neither of your code examples is a good way to
style text. I highly recommend taking a few hours to study up on basic HTML
and CSS. Without this knowledge, you'll just be guessing. With it, you'll be
able to style your text in ways that generally look consistently good.


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Zanstemic said:
I was going to ask a similar question regarding fonts. The code below shows
two approaches coding fonts. The first works great but I hard coded it.
The
second was generated by Frontpage. Is this the issue being discussed?

<li>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">This text looks great
and
consistent on all monitors</span></b></li>
<li>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2"><b>
<span style="font-family: Tahoma">This text changes
size</span></b></font></li>
<li>

Mike Fleckenstein said:
Jens said:
You can't. Get used to it.
You can only suggest what you think it should look like. But you must
remember that not everyone has perfekt vision. Then there are the fact
that not all people have the font you want to use and so on.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Houston [mailto:Bob [email protected]]
Posted At: 7. januar 2005 17:07
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
Conversation: FrontPage 2003. How do I get a web page to look
the same on all .
Subject: FrontPage 2003. How do I get a web page to look the
same on all .


How do I get a web page to look the same on all monitors no
matter what font size is being used by that user. Small,
large, normal, ex-large are all options that users can use
depending on their operating system. I used layers to design
the web pages instead of tables. Is that a problem taht
could cause stuff on the pages to move around based on the
font sizes?
Thanks for any assist you can provide.
Click to expand...
You could create the document as a pdf and then publish the pdf as a web
page. Although it requires your user to have Acrobat Reader installed,
it resolves your issue, even guarantees your selected font will be used.

Mike Fleckenstein
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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