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Feb 19th, 2007, 18:24
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? about table width - printing page = content cut off
I'm new to the site:
I'm a, mostly self taught, Web Designer/Programmer...I've been working on my own web project that will become our family business. Its not quite finished...needs tweaking, and still have to complete a few things. Question I've designed the <table>'s to be a fixed width of 762 pixels. I printed out one of the pages after bringing it up in my browser and discovered that the <table> width is too big, things get cut off and don't print out on the page. I don't know if it is because of my printer, but everything is printing out "centered" on the page. I checked the printer properties and didn't see an option to deselect, if there is one, to not "center on page". I tried setting the <body margin> to 0 or .2 and though it looked fine in the browser, again after printing it out, it centered on the page. Is there something I have to set in my code?? It is possible to test for a users screen resolution? then have the table created based on the value returned? I like using fixed widths for tables, as it gives more control over the layout and look of the content...however, I find the widest I can make a table is 576-612 pixels, so that when printed out on a 8" x 11" page nothing is cut off. What should I do? Switch to relative widths? I'm designing based on a resolution of 800x600. My resolution for my screen is set to 1024 x 768. Any advice/suggestions/opinions, etc. is greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance  
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Feb 19th, 2007, 18:33
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
tables not so good for print. And you are probably looking to incorporate a print style sheet.
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Feb 19th, 2007, 19:07
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
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P.S. thxs for replying
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Feb 19th, 2007, 19:32
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
Yup, you can use CSS to control layout, style and print.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
Last Blog Entry: Apps every Mac based web dev should consider (Jul 10th, 2008)
Last edited by moojoo; Feb 19th, 2007 at 19:39.
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Feb 19th, 2007, 20:06
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
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Are there any books you could recommend to learn more about coding with CSS?
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Feb 20th, 2007, 03:31
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
I found it easier to learn CSS by finding a tutorial for things I needed to make, then tinkering with random things
http://w3schools.com/css/ http://csszengarden.com/ http://css.maxdesign.com.au/
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Feb 20th, 2007, 12:42
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Re: ? about table width - printing page = content cut off
Thank you for the links! All in all, it is easier to apply/learn new things, when you fiddle with them, I agree.
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