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<snip> If you're actually using HTML, then you should never try complex
layouts that include such things as column and page breaks. HTML simply
can't handle this task; you can fake it to some extent with CSS, but
it's still not as elegant a solution as PDF, and you shouldn't try.
That's not what the tool is designed for.
By the way, it's a serious discourtesy and usually highly ineffective
design to simply dump printed documents online for use online--which is
what it sounds like you're doing, and pardon me if I misinterpreted your
descriptions. It really doesn't take much effort to produce effective
online-only designs (usually HTML, but PDF formatted to fit the screen
is also possible).</snip>
Let me clarify and elaborate...our group is writing SOX documentation.
This documentation is being accessed by employees from various locations
(NC, MI, and MS) and will be eventually accessed by an auditor.
Therefore, the project manager decided to create space for the documents
on a Web portal. The initial thought was that we didn't want to bog down
people's email accounts with large files. I created the documentation in
Word (using the Lucida font family) and posted it as read-only to the
Web portal. When other employees accessed the documentation, they
complained of random page breaks and truncated text. The documents
looked fine on my machine, but I realized that not all employees have
the Lucida font family installed. Therefore, I was looking for a font
family or families that have a clean, polished look when viewing in a
Web browser. We are not using HTML nor do we want to. Make sense? I'm
not sure if I follow/agree with your discourtesy and ineffective
comments, but that sounds like another discussion (online vs. print).
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