Screens in HTML

Hi ,i am writing my screens in HTML but form the out.println also ,and my textfields will not line up ,i was wondering if any of know why this is ,and is there a differnt way of doing so ?
heres what i have,and all the spaces are equal size but yet are not lined up?


out.println("<param name=\"lastName\" value=\"\" />");
out.println("<p align=\"center\">* Last Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type=\"text\" name=\"lastName\" size=\"30\" value=\"\">");

Hmm, I only see one text field you are outputting here. However, I will say that if you are not getting your text fields to line up, it is most likely an html thing and not necessarily a jsp thing. I would concentrate on the html you are outputting by examining the source when viewed in your browser by right clicking and selecting "view source". You could even copy this and put it in a visual editor like DreamWeaver and see if you can identify the problem. HTML can be a touchy beast sometimes when trying to get things to display as you want.