'Wrap text' function in IE?

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ST wrote:
> I have a lot of text file in html format(text only, no graphics), how to
> make the text 'wrap in' the width of my screen so that I dun need to
> scroll left and right?

Unless you specifically format the html page not to wrap around the
screen, there should not be any problems.

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:45:48 +0800, ST <sstak@tm.net.my> wrote:

>On 27/04/2005 09:36 AM, in article
>C0Cbe.1346$461.1163@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com, "René"
><kar98@the-coalition.us> wrote:
>
>> ST wrote:
>>> I have a lot of text file in html format(text only, no graphics), how to
>>> make the text 'wrap in' the width of my screen so that I dun need to
>>> scroll left and right?
>>
>> Unless you specifically format the html page not to wrap around the
>> screen, there should not be any problems.
>>
>>
>So, do u mean I need to change the source code?

No, he means - if you use <p>this is my content</p> then Pocket IE
will wrap the content for your viewers. If you use this though :

<table width="750" height="300" border="0">
<tr>
<td>This is my long rambling content. This is my long
rambling content.This is my long rambling content.This is my long
rambling content.This is my long rambling content.This is my long
rambling content.This is my long rambling content</td>
</tr>
</table>

and to make it worse, include a large image say 700 pixels wide to
*keep* the table open at that size - in that case you'll probably end
up scrolling horizontally - but that is just bad web design anyway !

Content inside <pre></pre> tags might also not-wrap because the
intention of pre tags is you 'preformat' the content inside them,
inserting line breaks where required. I'm not sure how PIE handles pre
tags but I'd expect it to be 'broken'.

Cheers - Neil

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
> No, he means - if you use <p>this is my content</p> then Pocket IE
> will wrap the content for your viewers. If you use this though :
>
> <table width="750" height="300" border="0">
> <tr>
> <td>This is my long rambling content. This is my long
> rambling content.This is my long rambling content.This is my long
> rambling content.This is my long rambling content.This is my long
> rambling content.This is my long rambling content</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> and to make it worse, include a large image say 700 pixels wide to
> *keep* the table open at that size - in that case you'll probably end
> up scrolling horizontally - but that is just bad web design anyway !

Exactly :-)