I'm a bit confused. You say you want to make the height absolute, but then say you don't want users to scroll. Post the code you have so we can get a better idea what's going on. You could set the height of the table data to auto so it will expand with the content.
I don't want it to expand vertically. I created a 2-column, 2-row table so that users would not have to scroll to see the "next" button.(Hypothetically) If there was ever an intance of too much text, I would create another page or add a scrolling text box. This is all within an e-learning template. <table width="732" height="450" border="0" cellpadding="5 pixels">
The cell that contains text is 319 x 400.