Tony Merante answered this afew hours ago :
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Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML/XML > Format
You'll see options like apply Automatic Fomatting uncheck all those options.
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Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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"Steve Mauldin" <> wrote in message
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>I am irked about the way the IDE is mangling my HTML. I type it in all nice
> and neat like this.
>
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR>
> <TD>
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR vAlign=top>
> <TD align=right width=43>
> <A href="/Account/Manage-Customers.aspx" >
> <IMG height=59 src="/images/icons/manageCustomers.gif"
> width=42 border=0 >
> </A>
> </TD>
> <TD>
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR vAlign=top>
> <TD class=HorizDottedLine height=20>
> <A class=myAcctHead
> href="/Account/Manage-Customers.aspx" >
> Manage Your Customers
> </A>
> </TD>
> </TR>
> <TR>
> <TD class=adminTxt>View and search
> your customer list. View and edit their AutoShip.
> Activate AutoShip discounting for all or some of
> your
> customers. <br>
> </TD>
> </TR>
> </TABLE>
> </TD>
> </TR>
> </TABLE>
> </TD>
> </TR>
> </TABLE>
>
> When I pull it up next time to edit it it looks like this!!!
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR>
> <TD>
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR vAlign=top>
> <TD align=right width=43><A
> href="/Account/Manage-Customers.aspx" ><IMG height=59
> src="/images/icons/manageCustomers.gif" width=42 border=0 ></A></TD>
> <TD>
> <TABLE width="100%">
> <TR vAlign=top>
> <TD class=HorizDottedLine height=20
> ><A class=myAcctHead
> href="/Account/Manage-Customers.aspx" >Manage Your Customers</A></TD></TR>
> <TR>
> <TD class=adminTxt>View and search
> your customer list. View and edit their AutoShip.
> Activate AutoShip discounting for all or some of
> your
> customers. <br
> ></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>
>
> Is there something I can do to stop the editor from mangling my formatted
> html?
>
>
>