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True enough, however assuming (a dangerous thing) that the target audience is using PC-only devices (as opposed to wireless/etc) it is usually safe to assume that there is room for two columns of frames in the window (the menubar/main real-estate phenomenon). Additionally, it is possible to use relative values with absolute positioning and widths 

    <div style="position:absolute; top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:
+100px;" >
      header real estate
    </div>
    <div style="position:absolute; top:100px;left:0px;width:20%;" >
      left menu
    </div>
    <div style="position:absolute; top:100px;left:20%;width:80%;" >
      main real estate
    </div>

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I'm not going to disagree with you that in general staying away from anything that assumes a particular screen size, but your same advice would also apply to

And since he's already got frames here, whether he picks tables to maintain his possibly-too-wide page format, absolute-positioned seems easier

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Convert HTML docs with frames into a single HTML doc? by AidanLee
in thread Convert HTML docs with frames into a single HTML doc? by osfameron

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