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In the above case, the coordinates of id=”rel” are relative to the form and the coordinates of id=”abs” are relative to “rel”.
In the above case, the coordinates of id=”rel” are relative to the form and the coordinates of id=”abs” are relative to “rel”.


If you want to have multiple pages, simply force a pagebreak as shown in the pseudo code below.  Printing of the invoice pages should track the browser layout exactly! And, be browser independent. If it doesn't - the browser shows one way and printing shows everything in a different position, then something is incorrect.
If you want to have multiple pages, it gets a little more complicated as you will need a table to hold it all.  In the cell, just before the second page, simply force a pagebreak as shown in the pseudo code below.  Printing of the invoice pages should track the browser layout exactly! And, be browser independent. If it doesn't - the browser shows one way and printing shows everything in a different position, then something is incorrect.


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     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>
       <td>
         <pagebreak here>
         <pagebreak here - this one might not be necessary, depending on what's above...>
         <span id=”rel” style="FLOAT: left; POSITION: relative">
         <span id=”rel” style="FLOAT: left; POSITION: relative">
           <span id=”abs” style="LEFT: 28px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 90px" >
           <span id=”abs” style="LEFT: 28px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 90px" >