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HTML Design Question..

by Emoney
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Hello warriors,

I'm having trouble with some html, when I create a table, say with 1 row and 3 columns
and type something in the table, the text shows as bold, but there aren't any bold or strong
tags inserted.

Do tables automatically make text bold?

Basically what I want to do is have a header graphic then 2 columns under that, one for
navigation, and the other for content. But I'm just frustrated with this bold text in the
content column, is there a way I can develop this style without having bold text in the
content column?

Thanks
#design #html #question
  • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
    If you go into the HTML code and remove the <b> and the </b>, example <b>text you typed</b> that should get rid of it.

    Another way this could happen is if you forgot to close the bold text </b>. The following text on the rest of the page can stay bolded (if that's a word).

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  • Profile picture of the author dclodge
    Originally Posted by Emoney View Post

    Hello warriors,

    I'm having trouble with some html, when I create a table, say with 1 row and 3 columns
    and type something in the table, the text shows as bold, but there aren't any bold or strong
    tags inserted.

    Do tables automatically make text bold?

    Basically what I want to do is have a header graphic then 2 columns under that, one for
    navigation, and the other for content. But I'm just frustrated with this bold text in the
    content column, is there a way I can develop this style without having bold text in the
    content column?

    Thanks
    The only way a table might bold your text is if you have a CSS stylesheet set up that specifies that.
    Make sure you have closed all parts of the table setup (brackets) - that might be part of the problem:

    Very basic 3 row, 1 column table:

    <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700>
    <tr><td><h1>Stuff</h1></td></tr>
    <tr><td>Navigation</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Content</td></tr>
    </table>

    Dean
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  • Profile picture of the author Jagged
    Try looking at your table, or cell "properties". If nothing is in there, try bringing your work up in "web preview", as in frontpage / preview, right click and select "view source", you should see how your table is defined in there, then you can go back & correct it.
    Just a thought...
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  • Profile picture of the author clogmoney
    You're not using <th> tags perchance are you?
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  • Profile picture of the author Emoney
    fix'd, it was using the "th scope "col" tag, for some reason it was bolding the text.

    Anyway, I modified it to use the "td" tag instead and that fix'd it, thanks guys.
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