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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   1. Re: Best document formatting language (Nathan Andelin)
>
>I've been doing some research into using HTML for
>stylized printing, including graphics, absolute
>positionsing, variable length sub-reports within
>reports, and page-break handling.  The results have
>been encouraging.  For example, the following link
>points to template for a student transcript, designed
>for 8.5" X 11" portrait printing:
>
>http://216.250.76.210:9220/etl/ascent/sis/transcript/transcript.html

Not bad, and I've seen a _lot_ of transcript forms that were worse after six 
years with the Alaska Dept of Education supporting Teacher Certification.

Yet it still suffers from what I've seen far too much of with HTML recently. 
I.e., printing it can cause the edges of the page to be cut off. Resizing the 
browser window doesn't adjust the display elements to fit in the new window 
dimensions.

Sigh. HTML brought a markup language into general use that allowed the viewer 
to decide such things. Now many page designers are using types of absolute 
positioning that takes the ability away. Ah, well. Might as well use 
green-screen...

My poor (newest though hardly 'new' anymore) laptop -- guess I need higher 
resolution.

Tom Liotta


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