table trouble

Anytime you use the "return" key to start a new line of code, webtv adds a line break code to your overall source code----these additional codes are making the large spaces above the table.

(Similar problems can also occur when using cut/copy/paste to add text or code to editing areas of the PageBuilder.)

The additional codes are only viewable if you view the source code of the page after it has been published; you will not see them when you are working in the editing areas of your page.

The table code written in the manner below, using the "return" key for each new line of code, causes the table to appear with a large gap of blank space above it and causes large unintended spaces inside the table itself:

(Original table code posted by: mustid@webtv.net (Gabriel Masry) in news:alt.pagebuilder.help on 9/15/99.)

<table border="9" align="center">
<tr>
<th>Team</th>
<th>Win</th>
<th>Loss</th>
<th>Tie</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Beach Bums</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Big Hurt</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Knuckle Shufflers</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Milk Toast</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lobsta Chowda</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Old Lyme Ticks</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
</table>

Here's the table (way below):

Team Win Loss Tie

The Beach Bums 1 0 0

The Big Hurt 1 0 0

Knuckle Shufflers 1 0 0

Milk Toast 0 1 0

Lobsta Chowda 0 1 0

The Old Lyme Ticks 0 1 0

Solutions below

After the code has been "tightened-up" (eliminating the line breaks caused by using the "return" key), then the table code will look like this, and appear where you want it to, such as below:

<table border="9" align="center"><tr><th>Team</th><th>Win</th><th>Loss</th><th>Tie</th></tr><tr><td>The Beach Bums</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>The Big Hurt</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Knuckle Shufflers</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Milk Toast</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Lobsta Chowda</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>The Old Lyme Ticks</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr></table>

Team Win Loss Tie
The Beach Bums 1 0 0
The Big Hurt 1 0 0
Knuckle Shufflers 1 0 0
Milk Toast 0 1 0
Lobsta Chowda 0 1 0
The Old Lyme Ticks 0 1 0

If you don't use the "tightening-up" process above, a "quick fix" is to add <html> at the very top of the editing area, but this might cause computer viewers of your page problems due to multiple <html> tags.
This "quick fix" does not always eliminate the large gap above the table----sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. It did work for this area and this table below:

Team Win Loss Tie

The Beach Bums 1 0 0

The Big Hurt 1 0 0

Knuckle Shufflers 1 0 0

Milk Toast 0 1 0

Lobsta Chowda 0 1 0

The Old Lyme Ticks 0 1 0

This is what the table code actually looks like after webtv has added the additional line breaks (during the "publishing" process). The additional codes are only viewable if you view the source code of the page after it has been published; you will not see them when you are working in the editing areas of your page.

All the codes were added by webtv.

The addition of the codes is what is causing the large gap above the table in the first example at the top of the page.

<table border="9" align="center"> 
<tr> 
<th>Team</th> 
<th>Win</th> 
<th>Loss</th> 
<th>Tie</th> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>The Beach Bums</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>The Big Hurt</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>Knuckle Shufflers</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>Milk Toast</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>Lobsta Chowda</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>The Old Lyme Ticks</td> 
<td>0</td> 
<td>1</td> 
<td>0</td> 
</tr> 
</table>

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