> Thanks very much Will, I shall give that a go tomorrow!
>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
.counter {background-image:url('blank.gif');position:relative; 
font-size:1em;height:2em;}
</STYLE>
...
<div class="counter" style="top:0em;">progress 1</div>
<div class="counter" style="top:-2em;">progress 2</div>
<div class="counter" style="top:-4em;">progress 3</div>
<div class="counter" style="top:-6em;">progress 4</div>
<div class="counter" style="top:-8em;">progress 5</div>
This is a bit neater. Note IE is stupid and will re-request the image 
for every div. The divs do seem to get shown by IE and Firefox without 
the whole page.
Will Davies
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~wmd04r