Der er da ikke voldsomt meget, se f.eks. dette eksempel:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html>
<head>
<title>Total centreret</title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Stone's WebWriter 4" />
<meta name="keywords" content="
http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/thebox/deadcentre4.html"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
html,body{height:100%;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;}
#centercontainer{position:absolute;top:50%;width:100%;height:1px;overflow:visible;background:cyan;}
#centerbox{position:absolute;left:50%;height:300px;width:400px;margin-top:-150px;margin-left:-200px;background:red;}
#textbox{position:absolute;top:50%;height:108px;margin-top:-54px;width:100%;vertical-align:center;text-align:center;}
.h3text{font-size:24px;}
.h1text{font-size:40px;color:yellow;font-weight:900;}
</style>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="centercontainer">
<div id="centerbox">
<div id="textbox">
<span class="h3text">Denne tekstbox er placeret</span><br>
<span class="h1text">absolut i midten</span><br>
<span class="h3text">af skærmbilledet - cross-browser</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>