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Index: P

<p> (paragraph) tag: Containers
- Paragraphs and Headings (Block-Level Elements)
- multiple, being ignored by browsers: Information Browsers Ignore
- text, formatting: Paragraphs and Headings (Block-Level Elements)
padding properties: Box Properties
- Making Backgrounds Behave in Navigator 4.x
Paint Shop Pro (JASC): Tools Overview
- Creating JPEGs
- Applications That Include GIF Animation Tools
palette attribute: Summary of Object Placement Tags
palettes
- GIF animation and: Color Palette
- grayscale (see grayscale)
- web-safe (see Web Palette)
palm-top computers: Hand-held Devices
Pantone ColorWeb Pro: Tools with Built-in Web Palettes
<param> tags:Summary of Object Placement Tags
paragraphs
- indenting: Type-Related Properties
- line breaks and: Paragraphs and Line Breaks
- text, formatting: Paragraphs and Headings (Block-Level Elements)
parameters for applets/objects: Summary of Object Placement Tags
- Adding applets with <applet>
_parent target: Reserved target names
password text entry fields: Summary of Form Tags
- Password text entry (type=password)
pathnames
- # (hash mark) in: Linking to a fragment
- absolute vs. relative: Absolute Pathnames
PDAs (personal digital assistants): Hand-held Devices
PDF (Portable Document Format) files: Printing from the Web
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- embedding: Embedding a PDF file
- linking to with HTML: HTML for Adding PDF Files to Web Pages
- viewing/creating: Viewing PDF Files
PDFViewer: Viewing PDF Files
Peak (Bias): Mac audio tools
percentages
- color equivalents: The web palette in numbers
- font sizes: Type-Related Properties
- framesets sizes: Specifying sizes
- SSI time formats: Time Formats for SSI Output
- table dimensions: Table dimensions
Perceptual Palette: Converting to the Web Palette
performance
- audio sampling rate: Basic Digital Audio Concepts
- - Optimizing for the Web
- frames: Disadvantages
- graphics
- - animated GIF optimization: Optimizing Animated GIFs
  - dithering (see dithering)
  - GIF image optimization: Minimizing GIF File Sizes
  - interlacing and: Interlacing
  - - Other Options
  - JPEG image optimization: Minimizing JPEG File Size
  - PNG image optimization: PNG Optimization Strategies
  - reusing graphics: Reuse images whenever possible
- lowsrc attribute: Summary of Object Placement Tags
- - The lowsrc trick
- lossy/lossless compression: GIF Compression
- - JPEG Compression
  - PNG Compression
  - Lossless Versus Lossy Compression
- preloading images and: Using width and height to preload images
- - Preloading Images with Hidden Frames
- reducing number of colors: Reduce number of colors (bit depth)
- - Other Options
- table display: Waiting for Tables to Display
- video data/frame rates: Basic Digital Video Concepts
period (.): Attributes
- in alternate text: The Techniques
- CLASS selectors: class selector
Perl for CGI scripting: Demystifying CGI
permissions controls, transferring files: Setting Permissions
personal digital assistants (PDAs): Hand-held Devices
.pfr (Portable Font Resource) format: TrueDoc Technology ("Dynamic Fonts")
PhotoGIF (BoxTop Software): Tools Overview
photographic images: When to Use GIFs
- Photographic Images
- GIF format for: When to Use GIFs
- JPEG format for: JPEG Compression
- PNG format for: Grayscale
Photoshop (Adobe): Tools Overview
- CLUTs, creating: Creating a CLUT file in Photoshop 4.0
- dividing images into multiple files: Dividing the image (in Photoshop 4.0)
- file sizes, optimizing: Optimize to a File Size in Photoshop 5.5+
- Gamma Control Panel: Gamma
- hybrid colors, creating: Photoshop/ImageReady
- JPEGs
- - creating: Creating JPEGs
  - optimizing file sizes: Optimize to File Size in Photoshop 5.5+
- palettes: Tools with Built-in Web Palettes
- PNG graphics and: Photoshop 5.5/ImageReady (and Higher)
- resizing graphics: Resizing tips
- swatches: Photoshop swatches
- WBMP graphics, creating: Images
PHP: PHP
physical inline type style: Inline Type Styles
physical value for wrap attribute: Text Area: <textarea>
Piguet, Yves: GIF Animation Utilities
pixels
- dithering/shifting: Shifting and dithering
- measuring text size: Specifying Text Size in Pixels
- monitor resolution and: Standard Monitor Sizes and Resolutions
pixels per inch (ppi), measuring resolution: Image Resolution
platforms
- browsers and: Browsers
- designing for different audiences: Knowing Your Audience
- standard fonts for: Selecting fonts for web pages
play attribute: The <embed> tag
playeveryframe attribute (): Special QuickTime <embed> attributes
- Special QuickTime <embed> attributes
plug-ins (see embedded objects in pages)
pluginspage attribute: Summary of Object Placement Tags
- The <embed> Tag
- Browser <embed> attributes
- The <embed> tag
pluginurl attribute: Summary of Object Placement Tags
- The <embed> Tag
PNG (Portable Network Graphic) format: The lurking PNG
- Acceptable Graphics Formats
- GIF Compression
- PNG Format
- compression: PNG Compression
- creating: Creating PNG Files
- minimizing file sizes: PNG Optimization Strategies
pngcrush application: PNG Optimization Strategies
pop-up menus in forms: Summary of Form Tags
- Creating Menus with the <select> Tag
- Working with Menus
pop-up windows: Pop-up windows
Portable Document Format files (see PDF files)
Portable Font Resource (.pfr) format: TrueDoc Technology ("Dynamic Fonts")
Portable Network Graphic format (see PNG format)
position property (CSS): The position Property
positioning
- "above the fold" design: Designing "Above the Fold"
- alignment (see alignment)
- background graphics: Background Properties
- box properties (style sheets): Box Properties
- CSS2 accessibility features for: CSS2 Features
- graphics, tips for: Tips for Placing Graphics
- style sheets for: Box Properties
- - Positioning with Style Sheets
- tables: Positioning a Table on the Page
- two-column layouts: Two-Column Page Layouts
- z-order: Z-Order
post method: The method Attribute
ppi (pixels per inch), measuring resolution: Image Resolution
<pre> (preformatted text) tag: Spacing and Positioning
- Preformatted Text
- forms within: The <pre> tag
preformatted text, forms in: The <pre> tag
preloading images: Using width and height to preload images
- hidden frames for: Preloading Images with Hidden Frames
prev value for WML type attribute: Developing Softkeys
preview graphics: Link to large images
print designers, principles for web design: Web Design Principles for Print Designers
print media type, connecting style sheets and HTML: Connecting the Style Sheets and HTML
printenv command (SSI): SSI Commands
printing from the Web: Printing from the Web
- browsers and: Browser Print Mechanisms
- cascading style sheets and: Cascading Style Sheets for Printouts
- content for: Think About Content
- PDF files and: Portable Document Format (PDF)
- "printer-friendly" HTML pages: Printer-Friendly HTML Pages
Progressive JPEG images: Progressive JPEGs
projection media type, connecting style sheets and HTML: Connecting the Style Sheets and HTML
ProJPEG utility (BoxTop Software): Creating JPEGs
- "Optimized" JPEGs
properties (DHTML): The Document Object Model
properties in style sheets: Rule Syntax
- Properties
- background: Background Properties
- box properties: Box Properties
- classification: Classification Properties
- CSS2: New Properties
- type-related: Type-Related Properties
proportional fonts: Proportional font
protocols in URLs: Absolute URLs
ProTools (Digidesign): Tools for both Mac and Windows systems
pseudo-classes/elements: Pseudo-classes
pseudo-selectors (style sheets): Pseudo-Selectors
- New Pseudo-Selectors
pull-down menus in forms: Summary of Form Tags
- Creating Menus with the <select> Tag
- Working with Menus
push buttons (see buttons on forms)
Python language for CGI scripting: Demystifying CGI

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