
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Comparison of positioning schemes</TITLE>
<style>
body { display: block; font-size:12px; line-height: 200%;
width: 400px; height: 400px }
p { display: block }
span { display: inline }
#outer { color: red }
#inner {
position: absolute;
top: 200px; left: -100px;
height: 130px; width: 130px;
color: blue;
}
</style>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>Beginning of body contents.
<SPAN id="outer"> Start of outer contents.
<SPAN id="inner"> Inner contents.</SPAN>
<SPAN id="sibling"> Sibling contents.</SPAN>
End of outer contents.</SPAN>
End of body contents.
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>