HTML fragments distort layout

[jessie via OfficeKB.com]

I cant get around it. I'm only using one html fragment and it is working fine
but it causes a big gap below it. It affects the whole page from the left
side to the right, not just the text box below it. I'm using Publisher 2000.
You can see the problem at www.advancinglife.net/enrollnow.html. The html tag
is attached to the button that says "click here to enroll online and pay by
credit card". You can really see the problem by looking to the left where my
menu buttons are. There is a gap between the "enroll now" and "FAQs" buttons
that should not be there. Thanks for any help. I've never designed a website
or used Publisher before so hopefully this is not a stupid question.
jessie

 

[David Bartosik]

Though you don't need to know any html to do a site in Publisher, it can be
helpful when designing the page to have at least a basic understanding of
html tables, table rows, and table cells. A good resource is
http://www.htmlgoodies.com . What you are seeing is the result of the form
tag in that paypal code. A form tag creates a break, basically same as a
paragraph break. And due to the way Publisher wrote the table cells that
break is also in the menu. You should be able to modify the layout (trial and
error) to get Publisher to write that table structure in a more suitable
manner. Is that menu a wizard nav bar or your own? If the latter try doing a
grouping on all the buttons. If you have difficultly finding a good layout to
avoid the form break you can try changing the code technology output. That is
done by changing the "target browser" setting. See the setting your web page
article at
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/Version2000/tabid/31/Default.aspx .
Bump the target up a couple of levels and republish. At the highest level it
likely would render differently.
btw you can access our forum directly via the links available on
http://www.publishermvps.com/

 

[jessie w via OfficeKB.com]

Thank you David,
I started with the easiest solution you mentioned (bumping up the browser
target) and it solved the problem! That was such a relief. I've spent days on
end learning how to do this website thing by trial and error and had so much
frustration. I really appreciate the help.
jessie

I cant get around it. I'm only using one html fragment and it is working fine
but it causes a big gap below it. It affects the whole page from the left

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or used Publisher before so hopefully this is not a stupid question.
jessie