Purple background in "story" layout mode

Hi everyone, hoping someone can help....
When I view my InCopy file in "story" or "galley" mode, there's a bright purple background behind all the copy that makes it rather distracting to read. I've also seen this be a green color too. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can eliminate that colored background?
Much appreciated!
Wendy

Check your preferences for the appearance of the story editor.
Edit>Preferences for Windows, InCopy>Preferences for Mac.
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Table width = 1327? Don't ever make your width more than
about 770. As for
the spacing .. I have never seen so many empty table cells in
my life. :)
As the others have said, you will do far better by learning a
little html
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Engineering, I
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worth. :)
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> Thank you, Nancy!
>
> Cellspacing=0 set as such:
>
> <table width="1327" border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0">
>
> I seem to have it squared away now but that doesn't mean
that I am
> adhereing
> to conventions. What I was doing was selecting 'Layout
Table' to enclose
> all
> Images and text (and/or using 'Draw Layout Cell' as
well), as opposed to
> (1)
> Using 'Layout Table' to set the page size, then (2)
using 'Draw Layout
> Cell' to
> put the images and/or text in. What I am seeing now in a
Browser (Safari)
> is
> matching up to what I am seeing in Dreamweaver. I don't
think I fully
> grasp the
> differrence between 'Layout Table' and 'Draw Layout
Cell'. I've been
> reading in
> the 'Help' and while it sheds some light it doesn't
appear to be getting
> through.
>
> Though the spacing of the images appears to be okay now,
text is an issue.
> I.e.,
>
> If I put:
>
> "The text will end here -------->" with the arrowhead
at the rightmost
> border
> in Dreamweaver, when viewed in Safari it wraps to the
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> though
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frame....
>
> What is a recommended page size to start with, and set
with which Tool?
>
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page the following
> error
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>
> File not found
> Firefox can't find the file at /2 WD/NEW
SITE/index.html.
> * Check the file name for capitalization or other typing
errors.
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deleted.
>
> I purchased 'Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies' but apparently I
transcend even
> that!
> ;-)
>
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quick moment;
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> my problem and not yours!
>
> Thank you!
>
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http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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> 
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Yes, it does.
DW's timeline code is such an antique (dating from DW2, I
believe) that it
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compelling
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complex,
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merges and splits
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have specified.
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disastrous consequences.
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or layer onto
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make their life
easier,
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and begin to
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layout, instead of
merging or splitting cells, consider stacking tables or
nesting simple
tables instead, respectively.
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single table!
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sig, and run
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"Malcolm N_" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:07:34 +0000 (UTC), "LoobieLouLou"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I am not absolutely sure how the table html code
should look, please could
>>you
>>show me?
>
> in a new file - create a new table and then look at the
code
>
> it starts with a <table>
> then a <tr> to start the row
> then <td> or <th> to start a cell - each
<td> needs a balancing </td>
> to close it
>
> to end a row it uses a </tr>
>
> look at your code and you will see missing </td>
and </tr>
>
> and the first table has no content i.e a <table>
immediately followed
> by a </table> with no rows or cells
>
> Just using Dw to produce a site without undertstanding
html and css is
> not a recipe for success.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> ~Malcolm N....
> ~

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Firstly the manual claims that when you switch from edit mode to layout mode you can still hear the last patch you were on. I can't.
That is a known bug in the manual
Secondly, however I assign the knobs on the PCR800 in layout mode, when I go back to edit mode if I move one then they all start moving, and they also change the program change numbers.
You either assigned the same controller to all knobs or your PCR800 doesn't send simple MIDI controllers (that's what I expect happened to you). Please check the manual of your PCR800 to send standard MIDI controllers for the knobs, no complex SysEx, Data-Events, etc.

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I have Dreamweaver CS for a Mac. The only tabs available are
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Layout Mode is table based and is a deprecated feature i.e.
it's going to be
removed in the next version of DW.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402489&sliceId=1
Adobe has removed the Layout Mode Tab (it's now only
accessible through the
menus) and is indirectly encouraging you to use Standard
mode.
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