[jellybean]

I want to place it in the middle of a body of text with a light or white background

The easiest way to do that would be to place it inside a a TABLE with a black background like this:

Here is the code that I used:

<table bgcolor=black cellspacing=5 cellpadding=5 width=400 height=400 border=0>
<tr>
<td align=center>
<img src="http://www.mikesfreegifs.com/main4/alien/shuttle2as.gif" width=300 height=240>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

This is a basic 1 cell table, but you can add as many cells as you'd like. Here's a good tutorial.

[FatherofFive]

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[Paul R.]

Thanks - I’d missed seeing your reply initially, then saw it while totally tied up with other matters, FINALLY am getting back to it!