Linda H wrote: > Hi, > > There are times when you can get a desired result using either padding > or margins. Is there any reason why one or the other is better? > > Linda Hobbet Hi Linda, You might want to check out this really intuitive description of how the entire box model works: http://www.redmelon.net/tstme/box_model/ and the wiki for this site has more information: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModel And know that if you're worried about users of IE 5/Windows that there is a well document problem with that browser: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack Hope that helps, Erik ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/