MANY thanks to Ingo Chao and Peter Williams for their very helpful posts! I tried what you recommended, and the different methods all worked.
I have a further question for Ingo, if I may. You said, in part, You could try to transform this rule A into something which does basically the same: #header li *:first-letter { color: red; } /* ICh */ #header a:hover { color: red; } /* B */ I tried that and it worked, but in my ignorance I don't understand the asterisk selector. I tried removing it and it seemed to work as well: #header li:first-letter {color: red}; I'm sure there's a reason you did it with this "universal selector" (the use of which in general I don't understand very well), but I don't know what it is. Can you help me understand the difference and how that might play out? Many thanks again to you both! Charles Dort ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/