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CSS Tutorials

Self-extracting (Windows) files, including CSS demos and tutorials with advanced tips and cross-browser techniques for uncommonly usable print and data table presentation.

More CSS Experiments

Just playing or driven by necessity.

Cascading Style Cheatsheet

According to Google, the #1 CSS Cheatsheet. Quick reference to the most common CSS properties and values.

Advanced Table Headers and Footers

Non-scrolling headers and footers; printing repeated headers and footers.

Locking Table Columns

Two experiments in using CSS to provide fixed table headers and the option to lock a column for horizontal scrolling.

XSL/Data Island Prototype

Prototype application with XML data islands transformed via XSL with sort and filtering capability. Unfortunately, the application emits error messages on client machines without the latest XSL transformation engine. This engine comes native with Internet Explorer v.6 but is separately installable for earlier browser versions.

XML via CSS-2

Mozilla/Firefox can style XML with CSS-2.

Dot Leaders

An experiment to produce flexible "print table of contents style" dot leaders on screen.

WinHelp Macro Reference

Description from Help Author's Resource Kit  by Weisner Associates:

“Handy and vivid reference to WinHelp macros and the Help Project file (.HPJ), with scores of tips and tricks for handling Help graphics and word processor issues. One of the most comprehensive references of its kind released outside of book form, and presented in a refreshingly irreverent fashion.”

Fonts in Microsoft Products

Microsoft is very inconsistent in the fonts installed with its various products. Here is a reference I put together from various sources.