Internet Explorer HTML Support
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Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0 adds many new features that are great for HTML authors and demonstrates our accelerating commitment to W3C HTML standards. This document includes a link to the complete list of tags supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, a breakdown of the tags by category, and an alphabetic list of each of the tags.
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All Tags Supported by Internet Explorer 3.0 |
Category | Description |
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Basics | Lists the basic tags you need to create an HTML file. |
Character Set | ISO Latin-1 and complete character sets for English (US) you can represent in HTML. |
Client Pull | Client Pull provides the ability to automatically load a new document in the specified time or reload a document on a regular basis. |
Client-Side Image Maps | The most common use of image maps is to allow users to access different documents by clicking different areas in an image. |
Color | Lists the supported colornames and the tags which support these colornames. |
Font Formatting | Lists the different tags used to format fonts. |
Forms | Includes tags which produces forms, form control types, and list boxes. |
Frames |
Includes the Internet Explorer 3.0 frame tags to create frames. |
Lists | Includes all of the tags which support different list types. |
Multimedia and Images | Learn how to use tags to embed video clips, sound, and marquees. |
Objects |
Lists the tags to embed OLE Controls. |
Table Support |
Includes the Internet Explorer 3.0 table tag extensions to support HTML tables. |
Tags Listed in Alphabetical Order
Tag | Description |
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A | Stands for anchor and specifies a hyperlink. |
ADDRESS | Renders text as italics. See also Cite, Dfn, Em, I. |
AREA | Specifies the shape of a "hot spot" in a client-side image map. |
B | Renders text in boldface. See also Strong. |
BASE | Specifies a document's URL. |
BASEFONT | Sets base font value. |
BGSOUND | Adds background sounds or "soundtracks." |
BIG | Enlarges the font size. |
BLOCKQUOTE | Sets apart a quotation in text. |
BODY | Specifies the beginning and end of document body. |
BR | Inserts a line break. |
CAPTION | Specifies a caption for a table and must be used within the TABLE tag. |
CENTER | Causes subsequent text and images to be centered. |
CITE | Renders text in italics. See also Address, Dfn, Em, I. |
CODE | Specifies a code sample. See also Samp. |
COMMENT | Indicates a comment. |
DD | Specifies a definition in a definition list. |
DFN | Renders text in italics. See also Address, Cite, Em, I. |
DIR | Denotes a directory list. |
DL | Denotes a definition list. |
DT | Specifies a term in a definition list. |
EM | Renders text in italics. See also Address, Cite, Dfn, I. |
FONT | Changes the font. |
FORM | Denotes a form. |
FRAME |
Creates permanent panes for displaying information. |
FRAMESET |
The main container for a Frame. |
Hn | Renders text in heading style. |
HR | Draws a horizontal rule. |
HTML | Denotes the file is an HTML document. |
I | Renders text in italics. See also Address, Cite, Dfn, Em. |
IMG | Enables you to embed .avi (Audio Video Interleave) video clips in HTML pages. |
INPUT | Specifies a form control. |
ISINDEX | Indicates the presence of a searchable index. |
KBD | Renders text in fixed-width and boldface type. |
LI | Denotes one item of a list. |
LISTING | Renders text in fixed-width type. See also Pre, Tt, Xmp. |
MAP | Specifies a collection of hot spots for a client-side image map. |
MARQUEE | This new tag enables you to create a scrolling text marquee. |
MENU | Denotes a list of items. |
META | Internet Explorer supports client pull using the META tag. |
NOBR | Turns off line breaking. |
NOFRAMES |
Content viewable by browsers that do not support frames. |
OBJECT |
Inserts an OLE Control. |
OL | Draws lines of text as an ordered list. |
OPTION | Denotes one choice in a list box. |
P | Denotes a paragraph. |
PLAINTEXT | Renders text in fixed-width type without processing tags. |
PRE | Renders text in fixed-width type. See also Listing, Tt, Xmp. |
S | Renders text in strikethrough type. |
SAMP | Specifies a code sample. See also Code. |
SELECT | Denotes a list box or dropdown list. |
SMALL | Decreases the font size. |
STRIKE | Renders text in strikethrough type. See S. |
STRONG | Renders text in boldface. See B. |
SUB | Renders text in subscript. |
SUP | Renders text in superscript. |
TABLE |
Internet Explorer 3.0 supports many features from the new W3C table proposal (RFC1942). |
TITLE | Specifies a title for the document. |
TT | Renders text in fixed-width type. See also Pre, Listing, Xmp. |
U | Renders text underlined. |
UL | Draws lines of text as a bulleted list. |
VAR | Renders text as a small fixed-width font. |
WBR | Inserts a soft linebreak in a block of NOBR text. |
XMP | Renders text in fixed-width type. See also Listing, Pre, Tt. |
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