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html_code_clinic thread: Browser prints clipped pages


Message #1 by "Draco Associates Ltd" <jmail@d...> on Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:10:25 -0500
Rather than hardcoding the width, you could use percentages.  It wouldn't be
the hard-coded look you are seeking, but if you design it for the most
common window size, it should be just as nice.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Draco Associates Ltd" <jmail@d...>
To: "HTML Code Clinic" <html_code_clinic@p...>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:10 AM
Subject: [html_code_clinic] Browser prints clipped pages


> My personal site at
>
>   http://www.conservativeforum.org
>
> is built with ASP in a 750-pixel width using nested tables and no
> frames.  Widths of the tables for nav bars and body are hard-coded
> using constants.
>
> When users print pages from the site, the right side is clipped off,
> presumably because of the hard-coded dimensions.
>
> Is there a way to instruct the browser to scale the page before
> printing it?  If not, is there another way to get the look of the
> current site, without using frames, which browsers will know how to
> print?
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> Mark Magner
>
>

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