Help website veering to the left what to do?

[Drew]

Is there a way to make it so the webpage always centers itself in the
middle of the browser, in stead of looking like it's being pulled to the left
if the browser window is opened up large?
Drew.

 

[DavidF]

Publisher left justifies the web pages by default, and if you are using 2003
or 2007, there is no way to center the web pages at this point. The best you
can do is simulate centering. Reference: Understanding background padding in
a Publisher web (aka white space) :
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80563.aspx

If you are using Pub 2000 or 2002 there is a way to center the pages.

If you have any further web related questions please post your questions in
the web design group at microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign and we will try
to help you there.

DavidF

 

[John G]

Why do so many people want to centre their web page?
Having what you are reading start on the left of the page is the norm in
the English speaking world.
Why on earth would you want your page centered so that the reader may
have to scroll either right or left to read it all?
After about the second scroll action the content better be good or a lot
of readers will be gone never to return.

John G.

 

[John G]

And I should have said:- microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign is always
a better place to discuss web design issues.

John G.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Why on earth would you want your page centered so that the reader may
have to scroll either right or left to read it all?

You apparently have no clue what "centered" means.

 

[DavidF]

Hi John G,

Your question and point is valid. If a person were to center the content of
their page on a fixed width web page that is wider than the browser window,
then you would have to scroll horizontally, and you would alienate many
viewers.

What people are asking for is variable, relative positioning of their fixed
width web page, so that no matter what size the browser window is, the
content of the page is centered in that window. When done properly, there is
no need for horizontal scrolling. Others ask to take it one step further and
want the page width, content and layout to be totally variable so that it
automagically adjusts and fills the browser window regardless of the size.
Publisher has no built-in capability of doing either.

Publisher produces a fixed width web page with absolute positioning that is
left justified. If the typical Publisher web page is 760 pixels wide, left
justified and viewed on a large monitor and a full screen browser window,
all that "white space", or "padding" to the right of the content is
disconcerting to many. They think that having the page centered in the
browser window looks better. It is a matter of taste. The link I provided is
an article by David Bartosik that explains all this much better than I can,
and how to simulate a centered page with Publisher.

DavidF

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

And I should have said:- microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign is always
a better place to discuss web design issues.

You also shouldn't have posted your rant about centering a web page.

It was meaningless to anyone who knows the meaning of "centering".