HTML problem

Fri Feb 11 17:27:44 EST 2000

I'm making an HTML document from an Excel spreadsheet of our library's
periodical holdings. I formatted it into a dictionary list. The file
displays fine in Internet Explorer, but in Netscape 3.04 and Netscape
4.61, the font changes back to the default font after entries with ISSN
numbers. I mention the ISSN's because they have HTML changing them to
italic and small, but they do not use any codes. There are no
font codes in the individual dictionary terms or definitions - only a
font code at the beginning of the list and at the end. What gives? The
individual <DD> entries are very long - could that have anything to do
with it? I tried using size variation using 
tags instead of for the ISSN listings and that didn't
make a difference. If there are no other codes in the document,
why is it changing it back to the default browser font after the small &
italic codes? In testing, eliminating the ISSN number and its
associated codes did eliminate the font change problem.

I realize I could probably take the file into Dreamweaver and it would
insert and tags into
every DD and DT element, but that would inflate the file size, and it's
already over 600K long. (I do plan to break it up into smaller chunks
for users later.) Usually, putting one font face code in the beginning
of a document will suffice and will work in both Netscape and IE - but
somehow not with these particular codes.

Here's a short test file that displays the problem.  If you have any
suggestions, please send them along!

<html><head></head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff"  link="#009933" vlink="#003399" alink="#cc9900">
<dl><font face="arial, futura, sans-serif">
<dt><big><b> 17th and 18th century theatre research </b></big><dd>Start
date:  <b>  1962  </b> &nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp;  Latest date:  <b> 1962
</b><br>Location:  <b>  HAYES    </b> &nbsp; &nbsp; Format: <b>   Hard
copy (bound) </b>&nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>
<dt><big><b> 30 days in the Church and in the world </b></big><dd>Start
date:  <b>  1989  </b> &nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp;  Latest date:  <b> Current
</b><br>Location:  <b>  HAYES    </b> &nbsp; &nbsp; Format: <b>   Hard
copy (bound) </b>&nbsp; &nbsp;  </b><br><small><i>ISSN: &nbsp;  
0897-2435 </i></small> <br><br>
<dt><big><b> AAUP bulletin </b></big><dd>Start date:  <b>  1960  </b>
&nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp;  Latest date:  <b> 1978 </b><br>Location:  <b> 
HAYES    </b> &nbsp; &nbsp; Format: <b>   Hard copy (bound) </b>&nbsp;
&nbsp;  </b><br><small><i>ISSN: &nbsp;   0001-026X </i></small> <br><br>
</font></dl></body></html>

-- 
Stacy Pober, Information Alchemist
Manhattan College Libraries
spober at manhattan.edu
http://www.manhattan.edu/library/