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How do I make text size changeable in browser
I have a number of tables created in Frontpage 2003.
When viewed in IE selecting VIEW/TEXT SIZE has effect on some cells but not others.
I have noticed that the cells that do change size have "2 (10 pt)" shown in the font size box whereas those that are fixed size only show "10 pt". When viewing the code, the sizeable cells have a "<font size="2">" tag whereas the fixed cells have no font tag at all.
I have tried selecting single and multiple cells in design view and selecting the "2 (10 pt)" options from the fontsize window but it doesn't get applied and the code doesn't get the ""<font size="2">" tag added.
If I manually add the "<font size="2">" tag to the code in any cell it works but it is a massive task to manually adjust each cell in every table .
How can I globaly add this tag and how did I get the two variants in the first place?
Thanks
John
When viewed in IE selecting VIEW/TEXT SIZE has effect on some cells but not others.
I have noticed that the cells that do change size have "2 (10 pt)" shown in the font size box whereas those that are fixed size only show "10 pt". When viewing the code, the sizeable cells have a "<font size="2">" tag whereas the fixed cells have no font tag at all.
I have tried selecting single and multiple cells in design view and selecting the "2 (10 pt)" options from the fontsize window but it doesn't get applied and the code doesn't get the ""<font size="2">" tag added.
If I manually add the "<font size="2">" tag to the code in any cell it works but it is a massive task to manually adjust each cell in every table .
How can I globaly add this tag and how did I get the two variants in the first place?
Thanks
John
Hi,
To do it using css:
1- Create a new page
2- Save the page as tbl.css
3- Close the page
4- Open the page again and erase all HTML Code in it.
5- Add the following code to it
.table {
font-size:10pt
}
6- Save the page
7- Go to each page that has a table and add the following line before </head> tag:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tble.css">
8- Go to the table tag and add:
class="table"
after each <table> it should look like this:
<table class="table" ......other table properties>
9- Edit > Find <font size="2">
10- Replace with ""
In this case you delete every incident of <font size="2">
Then all your tables will have font size =10pt which means font size="2"
Try it on one page first, then try the page to see if the text size changeable. If it is a success, do it in all pages.
For more saftey backup your pages.
Regards
hhammash
To do it using css:
1- Create a new page
2- Save the page as tbl.css
3- Close the page
4- Open the page again and erase all HTML Code in it.
5- Add the following code to it
.table {
font-size:10pt
}
6- Save the page
7- Go to each page that has a table and add the following line before </head> tag:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tble.css">
8- Go to the table tag and add:
class="table"
after each <table> it should look like this:
<table class="table" ......other table properties>
9- Edit > Find <font size="2">
10- Replace with ""
In this case you delete every incident of <font size="2">
Then all your tables will have font size =10pt which means font size="2"
Try it on one page first, then try the page to see if the text size changeable. If it is a success, do it in all pages.
For more saftey backup your pages.
Regards
hhammash
Hi,
Sorry:
Find
<font size="2">
Replace with:
Leave the replace with field blank
Then after that
Find
</font>
Replace with
Leave the replace with field blank
Sorry:
Find
<font size="2">
Replace with:
Leave the replace with field blank
Then after that
Find
</font>
Replace with
Leave the replace with field blank
ASKER
Thanks hhammash
I think I have followed your instructions correctly but now I have the opposite effect, none of the text in the table changes size, whereas I wanted all of the text to change size.
Have I made a mistake or did you misunderstand my intentions?
Also, is there anything I should do in future when creating new tables in Frontpage 2003 to ensure I get changeable size text throughout the table?
Regards
John
I think I have followed your instructions correctly but now I have the opposite effect, none of the text in the table changes size, whereas I wanted all of the text to change size.
Have I made a mistake or did you misunderstand my intentions?
Also, is there anything I should do in future when creating new tables in Frontpage 2003 to ensure I get changeable size text throughout the table?
Regards
John
ASKER
To answer your first question, I was inserting, there is nothing to replace unfortunately.
John
John
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This is the fastest way to do it.
In the folder list Click once on the root of your web that starts with http://....
Edit > Find
Enter the following in Find what:
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="400">
Then click the checkbox "Find in HTML"
Click "Find in Web" button
The results will be displayed
Click Replace and inster the following in the Find What:
<table font-size="2" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="400">
Replace All
This way you do not need to open each and every page manually.
Edit > Find
Enter the following in Find what:
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="400">
Then click the checkbox "Find in HTML"
Click "Find in Web" button
The results will be displayed
Click Replace and inster the following in the Find What:
<table font-size="2" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="400">
Replace All
This way you do not need to open each and every page manually.
As long as your tables have the same properties in all pages, my last post will let you change hunders of pages in a minute.
SORRY
In Find Where click on the radio button that says "All Pages"
In Find Where click on the radio button that says "All Pages"
ASKER
Thanks HH
You have made me a very happy man.
The table headers were not all identical but by inserting the "font size="2"" where id did not exist, or by changing "10pt" to "2" in the header where it did, the problem is solved.
Many thanks
John
You have made me a very happy man.
The table headers were not all identical but by inserting the "font size="2"" where id did not exist, or by changing "10pt" to "2" in the header where it did, the problem is solved.
Many thanks
John
You are welcome John
When you manually put <font size="2"> are you replacing something or just inserting it? If you are replacing something that is only available in tables cells use Edit > Find > Replace.
Otherwise, you will need to do it using CSS.
hh