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  • Lindsey
    #1

    <ol> Lists in HTML

    Hi

    I just wanted to know if you are using <ol> tags in HTML can you
    specify which number to start at. E.g

    Instead of

    1. blad bla
    2. bla bla

    I want it to start of at.

    5. bla bla
    6. bala.

    I have 2 columns,the first <td> I want one to go from 1 - 4 and
    another <td> next to it to take points 5 - 8.

    If the above is not possible, can anyone suggest a way to make it look
    similar, ie the overflowing lines are tabbed in and don't flow under
    the bullet.???

    Thanks

    LC
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    • Jukka K. Korpela
      #2
      Re: &lt;ol&gt; Lists in HTML

      lindsey.crocker @dragonphly.com (Lindsey) wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I just wanted to know if you are using <ol> tags in HTML can you
      > specify which number to start at.[/color]

      Yes, e.g. <ol start="5">. Beware that there are problems in rendering
      if you use numbers with more than two digits (you should set
      margin-left for the ol element in CSS then).

      There is no CSS counterpart for the start="..." attribute (except in
      theory via marker properties, counters and generated content)
      [color=blue]
      > I have 2 columns,the first <td> I want one to go from 1 - 4 and
      > another <td> next to it to take points 5 - 8.[/color]

      Oh... that's a different issue. I don't think it's a good idea, since
      people naturally read rowwise on the Web.
      [color=blue]
      > If the above is not possible, can anyone suggest a way to make it
      > look similar, ie the overflowing lines are tabbed in and don't flow
      > under the bullet.???[/color]

      I don't think so. Netscape's <multicol> might have done that, but it
      only worked in Netscape 4 - though it surely wasn't among the worst
      ideas they invented.

      --
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        • Lindsey
          #3
          Re: &lt;ol&gt; Lists in HTML

          "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tu t.fi> wrote in message news:<Xns948C87 E38F611jkorpela cstutfi@193.229 .0.31>...[color=blue]
          > lindsey.crocker @dragonphly.com (Lindsey) wrote:
          >[color=green]
          > > I just wanted to know if you are using <ol> tags in HTML can you
          > > specify which number to start at.[/color]
          >
          > Yes, e.g. <ol start="5">. Beware that there are problems in rendering
          > if you use numbers with more than two digits (you should set
          > margin-left for the ol element in CSS then).[/color]


          Cheers works a treat!

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