body {
	text-align: center;
	}

#page {
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 700px !important;
	width: 700px;
	position: relative;
	}
#mainnav {
	width: 698px!important;
	width: 700px;
	}
#column1 {
	width: 199px;
	float: left;
	}
#column2 {
	width: 498px !important; 	 /*this is for compliant browsers,the !important is not read by IE as priority*/
	width: 500px;				/*this is for IE, it cascades the previous, incorrectly*/
	float: left	
	}
#column1,
#column2 {
	margin-top: 1.5em;
}