> How can we get Ms Publisher 2000 web Page generator to use
> Percent of screen size instead of Pixels to define the
> Table? I read that table size is based upon table content
> (cell sizes) unless you "fix" the table size for no
> growth, but I'm wondering if Publisher was using my 768 X
> 1024 screen size to adjust the table size during the Web
> Page save?
>
Table cells can be coded without sizes, in which case the browser will size
the cell depending on the content in the cell, it's surrounding cells, and
the sizing of the browser window.
Or, table cells can be coded with a specific size in pixels, a couple of
things that come into play here are display resolution and browser window
sizing. 1) If the browser window is sized smaller than the sizing of the
cells than the window will generate scroll bars. 2) Higher display
resolutions like 1600 x 1200 are displaying more pixels across the screen so
any pixels leftover will be padded in the browser window with the page
background.

I recommend you read [url]http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_4.htm[/url] as it
gets into tables and cells.
My site davidbartosik.com is an example of fixed pixel sizing of the cells
and tables. If it was viewed at 800 x 640 with a full size browser window
there would probably be just a small amount of background padding. At the
1024x768 I use, and at a full window there is a couple inches of background,
at 1600x1200 there obviously would be much more. In case you didn't figure
it out the background is set to blue.

Sizing can also be done in percentages, whereby the browser sizes in
relation to the display resolution and the browser window. An example of
that is at my site [url]www.barvin.com[/url] , resize the window and/or the resolution
and the cells adjust to fit.

Pub 2000 always and only codes with pixel sizing. Period. Your control of
that is done by setting page size, you need to read
[url]http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_5.htm[/url] for that info.

> I know there is an option in Publisher to define printer
> page sizes. When you print the Publisher version of the
> newsletter is fits fine on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper,
> but if you print the same newsletter page from the web
> page, it chops off about 1/4 of the left size of the page.
> So something in the defaults used by publisher is screwing
> up the Web table sizes.
>

Never compare a print document to a web page. A print doc is always made of
fixed values, like 8.5 inches by 11 inches, it's solid as a rock, it's black
and white. But a web page is like balancing an elephant on jello in the
dark.

And printing web pages is always questionable at best. If I had a dime for
every time I printed a web page off of a site and had some degree of content
chop off I wouldn't be here, I'd be on a beach somewhere.
When printing web pages you need to go to the File menu of the browser, then
page settings, and move the margins to as low as possible. After that if I
still can't get a whole page from the site I'm visiting I switch to
landscape printing.

> I tried changing my screen size to 480 X 640 and had
> Publisher 2000 re-create the Web Page. Didn't make any
> difference.
>

Why would it?
If you've been paying attention all this time you'll realize that.

> If we could get Publisher to always create a newsletter to
> fit on a 480 X 640 screen everything would be just fine.
> But right now, the tables we use within the publication is
> really causing some headaches with the web site.
>
> Any ideas?
>
Have you read [url]http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_5.htm[/url] yet ;-)

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