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   Leonidas Jones to Leonidas Jones   
   Re: Problems with text wrap in Composer.   
   17 Oct 05 20:52:32   
   
   From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   > ndunwoodie@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> I have Netscape 7.1 running on Windows 98.  When trying to create and   
   >> format table cells, I am unable to get text wrap to work. No matter   
   >> what combination I try - setting cell and table size to % of window, %   
   >> of table, or # of pixels - text wrap will not work. Entering text into   
   >> a table cell causes the cell width to expand indefinitely. How do I get   
   >> this to work?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I never used Composer in 7.1, but I have used Nvu a little bit.  Let us   
   > imagine you have created a simple one column, two cell table and have   
   > set the size to 90% of the window.   
   >   
   > If you then type text into the left hand cell, with the right hand cell   
   > empty, the text will push the empty cell over, since there is nothing in   
   > it.  Have you tried typing text into the left other cell, to even it out?   
   >   
   > In Nvu, I would place my insertion point in the table, and click the   
   > Table button on the toolbar to get the Table Properties dialog. Clicking   
   > the Cell tab, I can set the cell width to 50% of the table, which would   
   > solve your issue.   
   >   
   > Of course, Nvu, while it is based on Composer, has come a long way. I   
   > can't swear to how it works in Composer.   
   >   
   > Lee   
      
   It occurred to me that I have NS7,2 installed, so I opened Composer in   
   that, and found that, while the dialogs are a little clearer in Nvu, it   
   works much the same way i described.   
      
   Lee   
      
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