sorry... in css how do we specify a set of rules applicable to all the elements?? like i want all the margins to be 0 by default ]zip]css select > Greenberet -_ZofBot3- Told Greenberet: Start every stylesheet with this: * { margin: 0; padding: 0; }. You'll save yourself the confusion over quite a few strange element and browser spacing differences later on. * == http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#universal-selector -_ZofBot3- Told Greenberet: Learn how to apply CSS Selectors: 1) read: http://w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html , http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/ 2) try it out: http://gallery.theopalgroup.com/selectoracle/ * zophy n=vaio@host-242-6-111-24.midco.net has quit (Connection timed out) ]css * > Greenberet -_ZofBot3- Told Greenberet: * is a universal selector: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#universal-selector