Your text is outside the Form.  It needs to be included in the form in 
order to show up within the form.

       <DIV id='e10' class='item2'>
       <form>
       <input type="checkbox"> &nbsp; <A href='#' target='_top' 
class='nav'>Latest News</A>
       </form>
 
       </DIV>
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guess this is a typical problem... 

when i enclose the checkbox within form tags ,the checkbox and the 
corresponding text that follows it appear on 2 different lines . how do i 
make both of them appear on the same line ? 

i don't know if it matters but i'm using a stylesheet...


<DIV id='s9' class='canvas'>
       <DIV id='e10' class='item2'>
       <form>
       <input type="checkbox">
       </form>
       <A href='#' target='_top' class='nav'>Latest News</A>
       </DIV>
                  <DIV id='e10' class='item2'>
       <form>
       <input type="checkbox">
       </form>
       <A href='#' target='_top' class='nav'>Latest News</A>
       </DIV>
              <DIV id='e10' class='item2'>
       <form>
       <input type="checkbox">
       </form>
       <A href='#' target='_top' class='nav'>Newspaper</A>
       </DIV>
                  <DIV id='e10' class='item2'>
       <form>
       <input type="checkbox">
       </form>
       <A href='#' target='_top' class='nav'>TV</A>
       </DIV>
 
</DIV>

thanks for your time
:-)rk