# Flash margin widths

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-margin-widths/116095>\
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**Created:** [July 14, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-margin-widths/116095 "2004-07-14T15:40:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanneke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sanneke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sanneke)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-margin-widths/116095/1 "2004-07-14T15:40:34Z")

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[font=Arial][size=2] I can change the body width as often as I want, as soon as I publish the file it goes back to its old settings. Does anybody have any idea how to make the change stick? [/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial][size=2][color=red]Different browsers such as Internet Explorer and Netscape have different margin widths. Because you want to maximize the animation and “_Take up every pixel of space available!_”, you don’t want the margins to interfere with what your visitors see. You want to remove the margins. To remove margins, delete the \<body\> tag and place the following line in its place:[/color][/size][/font]  
[center][font=Arial][size=2][color=blue]\<body topmargin=“0” leftmargin=“0”\>[/color][/size][/font]  
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