Hi Neill. This helped and I've got things work out. Many thanks.

Regards,
David

Neill Harmer wrote:
> <div style="height:475px; overflow:auto;" >
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec sagittis
> pede at ligula. Mauris iaculis posuere ligula. Mauris in eros ut enim
> molestie auctor. Sed vehicula tristique lacus. Etiam dictum sagittis magna.
> Aenean pellentesque. Mauris tortor. Nunc ac lorem. Maecenas interdum semper
> risus. Fusce vel risus eu mi sodales sagittis. Cras malesuada risus.
> Suspendisse eros ante, semper quis, egestas ac, pretium at, est. Vestibulum
> nec dui.
> </div>
> 
> That will get you the basics. The overflow: auto, will make the div scroll
> if there is more text than the height will allow. If the height of the items
> inside that container does not reach the specified height, it will not show
> scroll bars. 
> 
> Hope this helps. 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Pratt
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 2:16 PM
> To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org
> Subject: [css-d] Allow overflow for height only
> 
> I want overflow to allow scroll bar to appear if content is longer but I
> want content to be clipped and no scroll bar if screen is made narrower. 
> Can someone advise on how to accomplish this. Many thanks.
> 
> David
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