Mouse over this paragraph and see how the font size changes to size 30. Mouse out and see it go down to 8. This is a good way to pack more text on a window-size page and let the user magnify the paragraph currently being read. See how the browser reflows the page as if this paragraph was originally written with the current font size.

<SPAN STYLE="color:purple" onMouseOver="this.style.fontSize = '30'"
 onMouseOut="this.style.fontSize = '6'">
 Mouse over this paragraph and see how the font size changes to size 30.
 Mouse out and see it go down to 8. This is a good way to pack more text
 on a window-size page and let the user magnify the paragraph currently
 being read. See how the browser reflows the page as if this paragraph
 was originally written with the current font size.
</SPAN>

Learn more about the subject in Column 66, Dynamic Styles.

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