Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page xvi changed 3 instances of "ora.com" to "oreilly.com" (2 email |
addresses and a URL) |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page xiv-xv This replaced the text from the header "Is HTML 3.2..." to the para. |
just before the bulleted list: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 36 code line 6: removed the "I" after "CSS" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 133 Changed cross-reference to section 6.5 to 7.5. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 165 last line: <muticol> should be <multicol> |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 166 3rd para.: "It is possible emulate" should be "It is possible to |
emulate" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 252 |
para. 1: Third sentence should read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 252 para. 2: Second sentence: "partially supported" should be |
"supported", "Explorer 3.0" should be "Explorer 4.0", and "the third |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 254 in the code, line 6, the colon after "H1" should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 258 last bullet item: last sentence should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 262 para. 2 should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 263 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 268 entire second para. should be removed |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 270 Replace para beginning with "The relative and absolute..." with |
"Incremental point sizes (+2pt, for example) are not currently handled |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 270 text after 1st code: In sentence beginning "As of this writing", |
remove "and Internet Explorer 3", change "support" to "supports", |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 270 |
last para. of section 9.3.3.4 should read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 271 Replace entire first para with |
"Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape 4 support the *normal* and *bold* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 271 Delete entire second para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 |
does support..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 272 Replace entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does not |
support..." with "Netscape does not support this style property." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 273 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 274 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 275 para. 6: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 276 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 277 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "For many background |
effects, Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 277 Last line on page, replace "not supported by any browser" with |
"only supported by Internet Explorer 4". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 278 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 279 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 279 para. 7: Replace "Internet Explorer supports only the |
*underline* and *line-through* values" with "Internet Explorer 4 does |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 280 para. 5: Delete "This property is not supported by Internet |
Explorer 3." Replace "While supported by" with "In". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 281 para. 3: Replace "This property is not supported by any browser" |
with "Netscape 4 supports all but the *sub*, *super*, and *baseline* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 284 Delete entire para beginning with "Unfortunately, none of the |
border..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 285 At end of section 9.3.6.4, add a para: "Netscape supports this |
property even when used alone; Internet Explorer 4 only honors this |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 286 At end of section 9.3.6.5, add a para: "Neither Internet |
Explorer or Netscape support the *dashed* or *dotted* values." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 286 At end of section 9.3.6.6, add a para: "Both Netscape and |
Internet Explorer support the *border* property, but only Internet |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 287 Delete entire para beginning "The *clear* property currently is |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 287 Replace para beginning "This property is not yet supported..." |
with "This property is only supported by Internet Explorer for images. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 288 para. 6 replace "not yet" with "fully". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 289 Remove entire para beginning "Internet Explorer 3 only |
supports..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 290 Delete entire first para |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 290 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not supported..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 291 para. 6: Replace "not supported by any browser" with "only |
supported by Internet Explorer 4." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 292 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 292 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 293 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 294 Replace para beginning "Besides..." with "This property is fully |
supported by Netscape 4; Internet Explorer 4 supports only the *none* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 294 Replace para beginning "This property is not..." with "This |
property is not supported by Internet Explorer; Netscape only supports |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 296 para. 3: In first sentence, replace "early 1997" with "late |
1997". In last sentence, remove everything, including the parenthetic |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 296 para. 4: First sentence, replace "So, currently" with |
"Currently." At end of para, remove sentence "Netscape promises |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 297 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 306 made second para. bulleted |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 337 In the example, about halfway down, |
"makeword(query_string, '&'.;" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 339 In the example, about halfway down, |
"fmakeword(stdin, '&'. &cl);" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 347 para. 2: Replace second sentence, beginning with "The default |
behavior..." with "The default behavior, represented by the value |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 347 Remove footnote at bottom of the page. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 389 in the "_parent" entry, changed "Figure 12-6" to "Figure 12-8" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 405 "also lets your label the" should read "also lets you label the" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 477 next-to-last entry: "PFor" should be "For" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 511 line 2 on page: changed "rectangle" to "rect" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 511 The "Small a, acute accent" Symbol has the wrong accent. The |
accent should rise right, not left. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 533 In the "About the authors", replace the sentence in Chuck |
Musciano's section beginning "Most recently, he has taken..." with |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 |