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unable to center text in a table


jason310771

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i have tried to place the 'TEXT TO CENTER' in the center of the page using SPAN but does not seem to work, i have also tried to use <p> instead but still the bordered box is left aligned.

 

I would center the whole table but this then messes up all the text and I would have to left align all text, adding even more code.

 

How can I center just this section without having to recode the rest of the page ?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>

<table style="border: 0px solid rgb(54, 95, 145); text-align: left; width: 600px; height: 172px; font-size: 7pt;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
  <tbody>

    <tr valign="top"> 
      <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#eaeaea" style="width: 600px;">
  <blockquote>

<!--  only edit below this line -->
<br><span style="width: 600px; border: 2px solid #41A808; font-size: 12pt; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: #002060;">TEXT TO CENTER</span><br>
<!-- no edit below this line -->

      </blockquote>
      </td>
    </tr>

  </tbody>
</table>

  </body>
</html>

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Please do not use inline styles, use css.  Is this close to what you want?

 

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
table{
border: 1px solid rgb(54, 95, 145);
text-align: left;
width: 600px;
height: 172px;
font-size: 7pt;
}

#center_box{
width: 600px;
border: 2px solid #41A808;
font-size: 12pt;
padding: 5px;
//margin-bottom: 5px;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
color: #002060;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" style="width: 600px; background-color: #eaeaea;">
  <blockquote>
<!--  only edit below this line -->
<div id="center_box">
TEXT TO CENTER
</div>
<!-- no edit below this line -->
      </blockquote>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

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