HTML files because the complete style information is not included in
each Web page file.
Note: This option is not available if Table Layout is active since the
Table Layout does not use global CSS definition.
File format (F)
There are two format types available: HTML 4 and XHTML. Gener-
ally speaking, there are only a few differences between these two
modes. Canvas always produces well-formatted documents regard-
less of the chosen format. XHTML documents differ in the docu-
ments header and have some additional tags in the data stream (such
as end-tags for image objects).
Layout mode (G)
Three layout modes are available for both file formats.
1
CSS2 (Cascading Style Sheet)
Graphics and text objects will be positioned using the abso-
lute position property (defined by the CSS2 specification). In
this mode, objects can overlap each other without the need for
you to render them. There are some browsers that have prob-
lems dealing with CSS2 format. Only Internet Explorer 4.x and
higher (as well as AOL 4 and higher) and Netscape Navigator
6.x can support CSS2 layout without problems.
2
Table Layout
Allows all Canvas objects to be organized into cells of an
HTML table. All overlapping objects will be rendered and
exported as bitmaps. Although table mode may produce less
efficient HTML output, it is a layout that is accepted by all
major browsers. Note: CSS properties are also used in the
Table Layout but only for text formatting not for positioning.
3
Table Layout Centered
HTML output for this layout will be the same as the standard
Table Layout; however, the table will be centered in a
browsers window.
Text options, image options, and standard options are covered
in Anti-aliasing (K) on page 14.208.