Thanks Cheryl and all those who graciously offered solutions. Will be learning CSS this next year as that seems to be the real solution. Meanwhile will work my way through your ideas and hope my friend is goes along. Happy Holidays to all... and you will probably be hearing from me again :) George On 19 Dec 2009 at 18:57, singhals wrote: > George Waller wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > First, I am CSS illiterate so HTML only, please. > > > > I have this code: > > > > <DD><h3><b>Variant Names:</b></h3> > > <p>Starkweather House, Merrow Farm</p> > > </dd> > > > > I want "Variant Names:" to be followed by > > "Starkweather house..." separated by a single spaced > > line. Instead is is double spaced as might be expected > > since I used <p> > > > > BUT if I use <br> instead of <p> it is triple spaced! > > > > I wouldn't agonize so much over this but I am working on > > a template to be used for entering data for many houses. > > (Which is why the results are so bizarre when you view > > the page.) > > > > Any ideas? > > Seems to me that just the /h3 will insert a blank line. > If I'm right, then the p before the next line inserts a 2nd > blank line. So either/or, not both. And at the end of the > Starkweather House line, put a br not a /p or a p. > > If I'm not-right, hmmmm. ;) > > > > > The page is: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctmanshs/00_templat > > es/template_web.htm > > BTW my partner *really* likes indenting and uses <DL> > > <DD> to do this. If there are better ways of indenting that > > would be useful info too. Non CSS ideas, of course :-) > > Many thanks, George > > Block-quote works, and a nested block-quote works. Whether > it's what you /want/ could be up for discussion. (g) A > table with blank cells before and after is another possibility. > > Cheryl > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message