arrrggghh! help!

[Donald C. McNeilly]

Publisher 03 has just turned my web pages into a nightmare. Rulers have
changed from inches to pixels and yes, I have changed them back several
times. Pub03 has also decided that my page should be 48 inches long. I have
no pages that long I always stay within the bounds defined. Under page setup
the default page size shows 7.xxx inches wide and NO height available. I
change to custom of 7.5 by 14 which was a previous default size I have
always used. Once I do that, my content is in one place and much further
down is the background with nothing on it.

 

[DavidF]

Hi Donald,

I WISH I had pixels instead of inches, but I am running Pub 2000, and that
change came with Pub 2003. As to how to change the default, someone else
will have to answer.

As to the length, Publisher 2003 brought back the variable length feature
found in Pub 2000, and taken away in Pub 2002. It is setup to end the web
page that is generated, at the end of your content. You end up with a custom
length web page dictated by the amount of content on the page. Build your
page from the top down, and the resulting web page should not be any longer
than your content. Not 48". This is actually a good thing, me thinks.

DavidF

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

What version are you coming from? Your concerns are actually misguided.
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Publisher 03 has just turned my web pages into a nightmare.

tell me something about what you've had and done.

Rulers have changed from inches to pixels and yes, I have changed them
back several times.

inches are irrelevant in web design. I personally went to a lot of trouble
to get pixel measurement into 2003. to design with accuracy and better
layout images the pixels are required. fyi an inch is "roughly" 100 pixels.
you have no reason to be using inches, though you may be used to it.

Pub03 has also decided that my page should be 48 inches long.

you are mistaken. this is not to be taken literally. again this was a
requested modification to better serve the customer. the web publication
"document area" is 48 inches BUT the web page generated will stop at the
last content object. This affords the customer the ability to have a a web
page that is automatically sized to the content and each web page in the web
publication can be a different length. having a fixed web page length to
work within across the publication is now no longer an issue.

I have no pages that long I always stay within the bounds defined.

now there are NO bounds defined. You need to change your mind-set.

Under page setup the default page size shows 7.xxx inches wide and NO
height available. I change to custom of 7.5 by 14 which was a previous
default size I have always used.

The height should NOT be modified. If you alter the height under custom then
you lose the dynamic sizing. The width should also not be modified as it is
set to what is 768 pixels. I briefly touch on width recommendations in
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=160 - the only reason you
might adjust the width in custom is if you need it to match a custom width
of an existing pub file.

Once I do that, my content is in one place and much further down is the
background with nothing on it.

If you are happy working with those changes, that's fine. But it's not what
is intended.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com