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Locked textarea?

Is there anyway to have a text area with scroll bars embedded in my page that users can’t type into?

I want a lot of text displayed in a small area and can’t afford any more html pages in the site.

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@pyroAug 17.2003 — You can use the readonly attribute (readonly="readonly") to make a textarea that is not editabled or you can use a <div> with the overflow set to auto (CSS): style="overflow:auto;"
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@jreamerauthorAug 17.2003 — I'll try it out. Thanks alot.
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@pyroAug 17.2003 — No problem... ?
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