text formatting changes when window size changes in frontpage

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Chris

I am new to Frontpage, yet feel that I did pretty good
with my first webpage document using Frontpage. I have
published it and it looks great on the monitor that I
generated the file on, but I have noticed that it
gets "jumbled" when viewed on other moniotors with other
monitor settings. I believe that this is a function of
Frontpage and I'll explain why.
When I am looking at the document on Frontpage, whether
in the normal or preview view, and change the size of the
window, the pictures move and the text auto returns to
fit the whole page in the newly sized window. This does
not happen in any other office product, such as word or
excel, or any other program that I know of. Normally, As
you make the window smaller, you just get a smaller view
or less of a view of the total document.
With everything else being so automatic in Frontpage, I
am a little shocked that this is so. Does anyone have a
suggestion. The website is
http://home.mchsi.com/~dlwantuch/
 
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Chris

Robo,

Thanks for taking the time to help. I had read adn heard
about fixed table design, but with limited resources was
not able to research.
I did however fix my problems. I recognized that the
pictures were not moving when I changed the size of the
window in Frontpage. As I had been treating them as
absolute positioning, verified by looking at the html
code, I decided to try the same with text. This seems to
help with the text moving around, both in Frontpage and
the browser I am using.
Thanks again. Iam sure I will use this service again.

Chris
-----Original Message-----
AH...welcome to the world of webdesign. You are no
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longer designing for a fixed size piece of paper...you're
designing for many different browsers, browser viewport
sizes and resolution settings.
This has nothing to do with Frontpage. You need to learn
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to compromise your design to fit the canvas you are
painting on...which changes by viewer ! :)
The easiest way for a newbie is to go with a fixed table
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design, designed to fix in a 750px wide browser window.
This means you will need to make a few design changes to
your site.
 
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Chris

I'm writing it down and will research. I did see a minor
change in some pictures when I moved to a bigger monitor,
but overall am pleased. Thanks
Chris
-----Original Message-----
ok, cool.

be careful with absolute positioning though they may
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have surprising results if you're not familiar with them -
thats why I recommended fixed tables to you.
 
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Steve Easton

Be advised that absolute positioning is *not* well supported in all browsers.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
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Chris

Thanks. I am trying to use the table as suggested. Still
having problems but am doing the best to work through them.

Chris
 
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