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Work with Overflow ...............................................

2 In the declaration for the

element you want to set

overflow on, type

height:?;, replacing?

with the height of the

element. Be sure to include

a unit of measurement such

as px.

1 In your editor, open an

existing document that

contains content divided

into groups and an embedded

style sheet.

Note: The following steps can
also be done using an existing
external style sheet.

Work with Overflow

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ou can use the CSS height property to specify the height of an element, but if you do so and

then add more content than fits in the specified height, the browser may choose to either allow

the content to flow out of the container to the detriment of your layout, or it might crop or not

display the content. Unfortunately, different browsers handle this issue differently, so you cannot

be sure how your page will look. The CSS overflow property allows you to control this behavior by

adding a scrollbar as needed.

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