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Formatting Tags

Text Tags

Link Tags

Image Tags

Formatting Tags

"p" Creates a new paragraph

"br" creates a
line break

"p align=?" aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center

"blockquote" indents text from both sides... "blockquote" indents text from both sides... "blockquote" indents text from both sides... "blockquote" indents text from both sides... "blockquote" indents text from both sides...

"dl" creates a definition list

"dt" precedes each term

"dd" preceds each definition

"dt" precedes each term

"dd" preceds each definition

"ol" creates a numered list
1. "li" precedes each list item, and adds a number
2. "li" precedes each list item, and adds a number
3. "li" precedes each list item, and adds a number

"ul" creates a bulleted list
• "li" precedes each list item
• "li" precedes each list item
• "li" precedes each list item

Text Tags

"h1" creates the headline size 1

"h2" creates the headline size 2

"h3" creates the headline size 3

"h4" creates the headline size 4

"h5" creates the headline size 5

"h6" creates the headline size 6

"b" creates bold text

"tt" creates teletype, or typewriter-style text

"cite" creates a citation, usually italic

"font size=?" sets size of font, from 1 to 7

"font color=?" sets font color, using name or hex value

Link Tags

a href="URL" creates a hyperlink

a href="mailto:EMAIL" creates a mailto link

a name="NAME" creates a target location within a document

a href="#NAME" links to that target location from elsewhere in the document

Image Tags

"border" traces a black line around the image; "hspace" and "vspace" create a buffer between the page text and image.

"align" positions the image at the left, right or center of the page.