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From: dorayme on 4 May 2008 18:15
In article <9p6dnSGKVNFppIDVnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d(a)golden.net>,
Gus Richter <gusrichter(a)netscape.net> wrote:

> Jim wrote:
> > Lets be clear on
> > centering. I am not talking about the following type of centering
> > (which only becomes clear if viewed using a monospace font):
> >
> > xxxxxxThis text isxxxxxxx
> > not the kind of centering
> > xxxthat I am talkingxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxabout.xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > but rather the following
> >
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxx This text is the xxxxx
> > xxxx kind of centering xxxx
> > xxxx that I am talkingxxxxx
> > xxxx about.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > The former I dislike whereas the latter is what I am talking about
> > when I say "centering the text area within the larger container."
>
> The latter does not look like centered text at all.
> It looks like indented text to me.

Indeed.

However if the inner container was a p, it can be centred within an
outer, with the text left-aligned within the inner. This is a
sophistication which Jim has not been firmly grasping.

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dorayme
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