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|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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