Positioning Shapes
VML uses the same syntax defined in CSS2 to position shapes on a Web page. You can use static, relative, or absolute positioning to determine where the base point is located on a Web page. You can also use the top and left or center-x and center-y, style attributes to specify the offset from the base point at which the containing box for the shape will be positioned.
You can also use z-index to specify the z-order of shapes on a Web page. In addition, VML provides rotation and flip to rotate or flip shapes. I'll take a look at a few of the position styles here.
The static Position Style
The default position style is static, which makes the browser insert a shape at the current point in the browser's text flow. Here's an example ...
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