IE shows a greater space between paragraphs

IE shows a longer space between paragraphs than other browsers.

The fix I have read about elsewhere is to introduce a lineheight = whatever.

But this doesn't seem to influence the space between the paragraphs at all (in IE) only the distance between lines of text.

Is there a way to make IE and FF (for example) always bring the absolute bottom of a number of paragraphs exactly the same length from the top of the page?

It's essential if you have to control the height of a display window and want it all to look the same or at least always fit completely in.

hello tpeck,
you don't mention what version IE ... IE8 doesn't seem to display the error.
Have you specified what space you want?

Try adding this to your CSS:
p {margin: 5px 0 5px;}

In IE8 I notice a difference in the spacing - but your solution does work and "balance up" the length of the text in both browsers. Thanks!

The only thing is that it places a space above the very first line of the first paragraph. Can just that one space be eradicated? The rest flows down nicely and equally in both browsers (miraculous actually...).

Try p{margin: 0 0 10px;} for 10px on the bottom only.

The way the shorthand works in that margin setting is top/right/bottom/left.

When I did margin: 5px 0 5px; in the first suggestion I gave you, the left margin assumes 0 because the right one was.
Try p {margin: 50px 5px 20px 400px;} just to see what happens.

Thank you very much - that did the trick nicely!