Article ID: 179181
Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179181
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see
196487.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see
193954.
SYMPTOMS
When you apply a top or left margin to a page, you do not see any margin
when you open the page in your Web browser.
NOTE: To apply a top or left margin, click Page Properties on the File menu
in FrontPage Editor.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs in either of the following cases:
- You are using Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator. Netscape
Navigator, version 3.02 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator, version
4.01 and earlier, do not support the leftmargin and topmargin attributes
of the body tag.
-or-
- You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or earlier and you
specified a margin width of 255 pixels or greater.
RESOLUTION
To set the page margins, choose the appropriate method for your situation.
Method 1: If You Are Using Netscape Navigator
If you are using Netscape Navigator, set the page margin to zero in
FrontPage Editor. For more information about setting the page margins for
Netscape Navigator, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
180349 FP97: Creating
Zero Margins in FrontPage for Netscape Navigator 4
Method 2: If You Are Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
If you are using Internet Explorer 3.02 or earlier, your page margins must
be less than or equal to 255 pixels.
MORE INFORMATION
FrontPage allows you to specify a page margin of up to 9999 pixels for the
top or left margin of a page.
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