Here is a test page: http://datagnostics.com/test/testbasic.html Is there a way to make the pink absolutely-positioned box as wide as the yellow regular box -- that is, just wide enough to fill up the width of the screen, whatever that may be? They are both moved over to the right to make way for the absolutely-positioned left-side navigation bar. Text is centered within the boxes. pink box: {position:absolute;top: 7em;left: 210px;text-align:center;} yellow box: {margin: 0 0 0 210px; text-align: center;} halp. Mary Ellen Doctor Science, MA http://doctorscience.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/