FW: indenting in a table

cross posting - help...

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Robert Neff [mailto:rneff@bbnow.net] 
> Sent:	Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:29 AM
> To:	W3c-Wai-Ig
> Subject:	indenting in a table
> 
> i am using tables for layout and want to move the text away from the edge.
> I am using "margin-left : 5px" however, if i read bobby and WCAG right,
> this is not allowed.  by using an absolute size over realtive, i am not
> allowing this to be resized.
> would like guidance on this and also how do you feel if i rationalize the
> inability to size by stating this is an example where i have used
> stylesheets for structure to better postion the text regardless how the
> text is resized.
> 
> thanks and as i drill down into this, because i see the  stylesheets that
> are used by governement agencies as all over the place in applying
> relative versus absolute.