# Question about centering div placement and \<p\> gaps

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-centering-div-placement-and-p-gaps/283854>\
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**Created:** [March 11, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-centering-div-placement-and-p-gaps/283854 "2009-03-11T21:03:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-centering-div-placement-and-p-gaps/283854/1 "2009-03-11T21:03:15Z")

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I’m building a mock up site for a client and and 2 things have happened that I’m kind of confused about.

[http://www.johncliffordtaylor.com/ep/test1.html](http://www.johncliffordtaylor.com/ep/test1.html)

The 2 things I’m kind of confused about are:

1. when I add:

```auto

 <p>
 If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel fee to let me know.
 </p>
 

```

some basic text I get some strange gaps above and below the \<p\> tags. In IE I only get them below but still kind of an undersized result.

2)There is a little message about asks the client if they have any questions. Its just a basic \<div\> tag. But I have wanted to make the white part of that tag only 785px like the images on display and center it. Now I can add the width:785px to the div ID but the problem is once I have it sized I’m not sure how to center it. I’ve tried doing a text align. and that centers the text within the div but not the actual div its self. Any one got any ideas about the \<p\> gaps and the centering the \<div\> placement it would really be helpful and appreciated.