Microsoft KB Archive/219140

= FP2000: Absolutely Positioned Element Difficult to Place =

Article ID: 219140

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q219140



SYMPTOMS
When you try to move an absolutely positioned element, the element appears to jump all over the screen.



CAUSE
The absolutely positioned element is using a tag and is contained within a relatively positioned tag.

NOTE: This is usually caused when you use custom code.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Re-insert the Item and Reapply the Absolute Positioning
To re-insert the item and re-apply the absolute positioning, follow these steps:
 * 1) In the Normal view of FrontPage, click the absolutely positioned item and press DELETE to delete it.
 * 2) Insert the item you want to absolutely position and click to select it.
 * 3) On the Format menu, click Position.
 * 4) Click Absolute, select the position coordinates and click OK.

NOTE: You may also want to position the item by using the drag and technique after you click OK.

Method 2: Use  Tags Instead of  Tags.
To use  tags instead of  tags, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the page with the absolutely and relatively positioned elements, click the HTML tab in the Page view of FrontPage.
 * 2) Search the HTML for each occurrence of the and tags
 * 3) In each instance, change the word span to div.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB219140

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