#leftmenu {
/* margin-top: 10px; */
padding-top: 10px;
width: 14.5em; /* set width of menu */
/* background: #eee; */
/* background: url("_images/menubg.jpg") no-repeat top left; */
} 

#leftmenu ul { /* remove bullets and list indents */
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

/* style, color and size links and headings to suit */
#leftmenu a {
font: bold 11px/16px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
display: block;
border-width: 0px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #ccc #888 #555 #bbb;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 3px 0 10px;

}

#leftmenu a {
color: #000;
 background: #efefef; 
/*background: #efefef url(_images/link.gif) repeat-x top left;*/
text-decoration: none;
padding-left: 0.7em;
padding-top: 0.3em;
}

#leftmenu a:hover {
color: #a00;
background: #fff;
background: url("_images/linkah.jpg") no-repeat top left;
height: 30px;
}

#leftmenu ul li {
float: left; /* cure IE5.x "whitespace in lists" problem */
width: 100%;

}
#leftmenu ul li a {
height: 1%; /* make links honour display: block; properly */
background: url("_images/linka.jpg") no-repeat top left;
height: 30px;
} 

#leftmenu a, #menu h2 {
font: bold 0.9em/1.4em arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 
/* if required use em's for IE as it won't resize pixels */
padding-left: 2.3em;
}