As more and more people upgrade their Internet Explorer browser from version 7 to version 8 I am receiving more and more reports of problematic web page display……
Display problems have been so prevelant that IE8 has actually incorporated a compatability button into the IE8 browser bar. This is located next to the ‘refresh’ button and if clicked will display the webpage as viewed by IE7.
If your IE8 browser bar is not displaying the compatability button click on ‘Tools’ and then click on ‘Compatability button’.
The following excerpt is from the microsoft website:
Compatibility View
Internet Explorer 8 is a new release and some websites may not yet be ready for the new browser. Click the Compatibility View toolbar button to display the website as viewed in Internet Explorer 7, which will correct display problems like misaligned text, images, or text boxes. This option is on a per site basis and all other sites will continue to display with Internet Explorer 8 functionality. When you click on the Compatibility View button for a site, you don’t need to do it again as the next time you visit that site the browser will show it in compatibility mode. If for some reason you’d like to go back to browsing with Internet Explorer 8 functionality on that site, simply click the Compatibility View button again.
To read the whole article click on:
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/easier.aspx