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when I create a table, I add column to have vertical line dividers. I assign them to be 1 pt wide. Coding shows them as 1 pt wide. However when viewed browser, they appear wider than 1 pt. What am I doing wrong. How can I fix?

example code:

<td width="1" bgcolor="#FF9900"> </td> -- this is what I want as a think line divider. But shows wider than 1pt. Thanks for any help!!

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="358" valign="top"><font size="1" color="000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Allan David | Chief Operating Officer</strong><br>

ABC, LLC | www.xyz.com<br>

</font></td>

</tr>

</table>

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BenPleysierCorrect answer

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1pt = 1.33333333333px

Having said that, eachbrowser has default settings of its own. Sometimes they may be the same across browsers, sometimes they differ. For that reason, many developers use a so called CSS reset.

To illustrate the default setting of the browser for a table cell, add the following style rules to your document.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
</head>

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BenPleysier

Correct answer

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1pt = 1.33333333333px

Having said that, eachbrowser has default settings of its own. Sometimes they may be the same across browsers, sometimes they differ. For that reason, many developers use a so called CSS reset.

To illustrate the default setting of the browser for a table cell, add the following style rules to your document.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
</head>

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B i r n o u

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Hello Ben,

could you detail the report that you install between the relation pixel / point on the one hand and the reinitialization of the defaults of properties css on the other hand.

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BenPleysier

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px to Point Converter, Chart -- EndMemo

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