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printing problem with <span>

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Nov 30.2005

HI
I have a page written in well formed XHTML + css. I am using absolute positioning to line up text(it is my resume.html). It looks fine in a browser but when I *print it* some of the text within a <span> that is using this class for abs positioning prints at the top of the page, overlapping one another and creating a mess. It is fine for the first page, trouble starts at page 2. 😡 I am printing with Mozilla 7.
Any ideas why?
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@FangNov 30.2005 — Make sure the container for the span is position:relative;

Also any negative margin values, if used, can cause printing problems.
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@Robert_WellockNov 30.2005 — Screen is not print and how have you set the page dimensions via the CSS media print page it makes a huge difference.
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@sgvauthorNov 30.2005 — thanks for the help!

I did not specify position in the parent container and the text was aligning relative to the <body> by default--just like you said.

sgv
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