I wanted to comment on @scunliffe's answers, but it's rather lengthy.
Floattells the browser that instead of the usual behavior it divshould be either left or right, and the rest of the content should flow (I think: images in * .doc).
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, div - ( : position:absolute) .
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absolute 0; 0 , relative absolute. relative 0; 0 , .
divs * , , . divs * - .
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position:absolute; , :
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="innerWrapper">
<div id="content">
CSS:
1.
#content { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 20px; }
2.
#innerWrapper { positon: absolute; top: 200px; left: 200px; }
#content { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 20px; }
, , inther #wrapper #innerWrapper , absolute relative , 10px; 20px 0; 0 (read: viewport) - #content 10; 20 .
, #innerWrapper absolute, 200; 200 , 0; 0 #content. ( ), content 210; 220
: http://jsfiddle.net/3dq6V/