Why does IE 6 display web pages produced by Publisher incorrectly

[IE Doesn't Understand Publisher]

I have a Dell 6000 Inspiron with a 15.4" screen (Windows XP and Office 2003).
I am using MS Publisher 2003 to build a Web site. When I use IE 6 to view the
site the contents are sretched and generally displayed incorrectly. However
when I view the same site with Mozilla Firefox the site is dispayed
perfectly. Changing the screen resolution has no effect. I suspect the
problem is with the monitor size (15.4"). It appears IE is trying to stretch
the page contents to fit the width of the screen.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products. If multi-browser
functionality is important to you, then you need to reconsider the software
you use to create your website. You will have better success if you use a
program that is meant to design webpages, not a desktop publishing program.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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[Ed Bennett]

Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.

 

[IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher]

JoAnn, Please see Ed Bennet's meesage. I think you may have misread my
problem. The web site I produce with Publisher 2003 is displayed correctly
with non MS Browser products (Firefox in my case), but is not dislayed
correctly with IE? Publisher and IE are both Microsfot products. IE on my
Dell 6000 (XP) with 15.4" screen displays pages produced by Pblisher
incorrectly. This is the same machine I use to generate pages with Publisher.
I now have to set FireFox as my default browser in order to view and test the
pages Publisher creates. I would rather use IE.

Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products. If multi-browser
functionality is important to you, then you need to reconsider the software
you use to create your website. You will have better success if you use a
program that is meant to design webpages, not a desktop publishing program.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"IE Doesn't Understand Publisher" <IE Doesn't Understand
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

I have a Dell 6000 Inspiron with a 15.4" screen (Windows XP and Office
2003).
I am using MS Publisher 2003 to build a Web site. When I use IE 6 to view
the
site the contents are sretched and generally displayed incorrectly.
However
when I view the same site with Mozilla Firefox the site is dispayed
perfectly. Changing the screen resolution has no effect. I suspect the
problem is with the monitor size (15.4"). It appears IE is trying to
stretch
the page contents to fit the width of the screen.

 

[Erika]

JoAnn, Please see Ed Bennet's meesage. I think you may have misread my
problem. The web site I produce with Publisher 2003 is displayed correctly
with non MS Browser products (Firefox in my case), but is not dislayed
correctly with IE? Publisher and IE are both Microsfot products. IE on my
Dell 6000 (XP) with 15.4" screen displays pages produced by Pblisher
incorrectly. This is the same machine I use to generate pages with Publisher.
I now have to set FireFox as my default browser in order to view and test the
pages Publisher creates. I would rather use IE.

if your pages work in IE they will probably break in Firefox. If you
manage to get it working in IE please remember to TEST in Firefox. Lots
of people use alternate browsers.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

See what happens when you are sick and on the computer?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher]

Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT DISPLAY pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are both Microsoft
products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages correctly. An idea
why?

George

 

[Mary Sauer]

What is the URL?

 

[IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher]

Mary,

This is the URL. Please note its an internal URL. Also the problem only
occurs on a Dell Inspiron 6000, 15.4" screen, Windows XP and IE 6.0.2900.2180
Other machines with IE 6 are not as bad, but there is still some display
issues. I beleive it has something to do with the 15.4" screen size.

http://vitalconnex.dyndns.org:84

What is the URL?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT DISPLAY pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are both Microsoft
products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages correctly. An idea
why?

George

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] <[email protected]> was very recently heard
to utter:
Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.

 

[DavidF]

FWIW, I also have an Inspiron that is a little older with a 15" screen and
have found that sites generated from it vary drastically from the sites
generated from my desktop, using Pub 2000. David Bartosik, the Publisher MVP
that specializes in using Publisher to produce the websites reviewed the
code generated by both computers and could never figure out why they varied,
with resolution, etc. the same. In fact I won a bet with him as he felt it
was impossible. Bottom line, I never did figure out why, but quit using the
laptop to produce the final html code to post. Your site looks fine from my
desktop in both IE6 and Firefox, though all page objects, including text are
a bit larger in Firefox. It seems better spaced in IE6.

If you are using Firefox as your default browser, then perhaps switch to IE
to produce the page.

DavidF

"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Mary,

This is the URL. Please note its an internal URL. Also the problem only
occurs on a Dell Inspiron 6000, 15.4" screen, Windows XP and IE 6.0.2900.2180
Other machines with IE 6 are not as bad, but there is still some display
issues. I beleive it has something to do with the 15.4" screen size.

http://vitalconnex.dyndns.org:84

What is the URL?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT DISPLAY pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are both Microsoft
products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages correctly. An idea
why?

George


:

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] <[email protected]> was very recently heard
to utter:
Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.

 

[Mary Sauer]

It looks fine on mine as well.
Might look at this web site. It is a bit dated, but it gives you an idea how your
site looks on other screen resolutions.
http://www.anybrowser.com/ScreenSizeTest.html


--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

FWIW, I also have an Inspiron that is a little older with a 15" screen and
have found that sites generated from it vary drastically from the sites
generated from my desktop, using Pub 2000. David Bartosik, the Publisher MVP
that specializes in using Publisher to produce the websites reviewed the
code generated by both computers and could never figure out why they varied,
with resolution, etc. the same. In fact I won a bet with him as he felt it
was impossible. Bottom line, I never did figure out why, but quit using the
laptop to produce the final html code to post. Your site looks fine from my
desktop in both IE6 and Firefox, though all page objects, including text are
a bit larger in Firefox. It seems better spaced in IE6.

If you are using Firefox as your default browser, then perhaps switch to IE
to produce the page.

DavidF

"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Mary,

This is the URL. Please note its an internal URL. Also the problem only
occurs on a Dell Inspiron 6000, 15.4" screen, Windows XP and IE 6.0.2900.2180
Other machines with IE 6 are not as bad, but there is still some display
issues. I beleive it has something to do with the 15.4" screen size.

http://vitalconnex.dyndns.org:84

What is the URL?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"
Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT DISPLAY pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are both Microsoft
products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages correctly. An idea
why?

George


:

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] <[email protected]> was very recently heard
to utter:
Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.

 

[IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher]

David,

Thanks for your help. It sounds like you were able to recreate my problem.
I will move my publisher file from my laptop to another computer, use IE as
the default browser and then publish from there. I will see if that works and
get back to you. I hope by publishing from a "normal" desktop that my laptop
will display it correctly.

Thanks,

George

FWIW, I also have an Inspiron that is a little older with a 15" screen and
have found that sites generated from it vary drastically from the sites
generated from my desktop, using Pub 2000. David Bartosik, the Publisher MVP
that specializes in using Publisher to produce the websites reviewed the
code generated by both computers and could never figure out why they varied,
with resolution, etc. the same. In fact I won a bet with him as he felt it
was impossible. Bottom line, I never did figure out why, but quit using the
laptop to produce the final html code to post. Your site looks fine from my
desktop in both IE6 and Firefox, though all page objects, including text are
a bit larger in Firefox. It seems better spaced in IE6.

If you are using Firefox as your default browser, then perhaps switch to IE
to produce the page.

DavidF

"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Mary,

This is the URL. Please note its an internal URL. Also the problem only
occurs on a Dell Inspiron 6000, 15.4" screen, Windows XP and IE 6.0.2900.2180
Other machines with IE 6 are not as bad, but there is still some display
issues. I beleive it has something to do with the 15.4" screen size.

http://vitalconnex.dyndns.org:84

What is the URL?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"
Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT DISPLAY pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are both Microsoft
products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages correctly. An idea
why?

George


:

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] <[email protected]> was very recently heard
to utter:
Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.

 

[DavidF]

George,

Two points of clarification. I can still work on my site with my laptop, but
always transfer the Pub files to my desktop, open and save, and then produce
the final HTML. The second point is that the pages produced never did look
the same on the laptop as they did on the desktop. I wrote if off as
something particular to the laptop, and decided it was better to target the
'desktop' viewer, and at least have consistency in the way my pages
appeared. Good luck.

DavidF

"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

David,

Thanks for your help. It sounds like you were able to recreate my problem.
I will move my publisher file from my laptop to another computer, use IE as
the default browser and then publish from there. I will see if that works and
get back to you. I hope by publishing from a "normal" desktop that my laptop
will display it correctly.

Thanks,

George

FWIW, I also have an Inspiron that is a little older with a 15" screen and
have found that sites generated from it vary drastically from the sites
generated from my desktop, using Pub 2000. David Bartosik, the Publisher MVP
that specializes in using Publisher to produce the websites reviewed the
code generated by both computers and could never figure out why they varied,
with resolution, etc. the same. In fact I won a bet with him as he felt it
was impossible. Bottom line, I never did figure out why, but quit using the
laptop to produce the final html code to post. Your site looks fine from my
desktop in both IE6 and Firefox, though all page objects, including text are
a bit larger in Firefox. It seems better spaced in IE6.

If you are using Firefox as your default browser, then perhaps switch to IE
to produce the page.

DavidF

"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"

Mary,

This is the URL. Please note its an internal URL. Also the problem only
occurs on a Dell Inspiron 6000, 15.4" screen, Windows XP and IE 6.0.2900.2180
Other machines with IE 6 are not as bad, but there is still some display
issues. I beleive it has something to do with the 15.4" screen size.

http://vitalconnex.dyndns.org:84

:

What is the URL?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"IE Doesn''t Understand Publisher"
Erika,

Thanks for your prompt reply. But the problem is IE DOES NOT

DISPLAY
pages

generated by MS Publisher correctly. However, FirefoX DOES display pages
generated by MS Publisher correctly . MS Publisher and IE are

both
Microsoft

products, however IE does NOT display Publisher pages correctly. Firefox is a
non Microsoft product and it DOES display Publisher pages

correctly.
An idea

why?

George


:

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] <[email protected]> was very recently heard
to utter:
Because Publisher and IE are both Microsoft products.

JoAnn, I think you've misread the post.
The page displays correctly in non-MS browsers but incorrectly in IE.