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Basic HTML Tags

You may want to try using what some refer to as "html lite," simple html tags that are really easy to use. Here are some examples:

  • To make a word bold you place the <b> tag before the word and the </b> tag after it.
    Example: <b>bold</b> becomes bold.
  • To italicize a word you place the <i> tag before the word and the </i> tag after it.
    Example: <i>italic</i> becomes italic.
  • To underline a word you place the <u> tag before the word and the </u> tag after it.
    Example: <u>underline</u> becomes underline. (Be cautious since underlining also indicates linked text on web pages.)

Another useful pair of html tags is <blockquote> and </blockquote>. Blockquote indents the tagged text.

Example: Typing <blockquote>This is indented text.</blockquote> creates the following:

This is indented text.

You may find the header tag useful in long documents. This tag is used to create different sizes of header and sub-header text. This tag looks like this:

<H1>Header Text</H1>

This code formats the text as follows:

Header Text

Header tags 1-6 (<H1>, <H2>, <H3>, <H4>, <H5>, <H6>) produce successively smaller headers. Surround the text with the opening and closing "H" tags as in this example:

<H1>Header Text<;H1>

The results look like this.

H1 Header Text

H2 Header Text

H3 Header Text

H4 Header Text

H5 Header Text

H6 Header Text
 Updated Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:17:41 AM by Manila Support - FacultySupport@fhda.edu
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