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Summary of HTML Tags Used in the Tutorial


Text Formatting
<html>
<head>...</head>
<body>...</body>
</html>
HTML Structure
Basic structure of any HTML document
Lesson 1
<title>...</title>
Document Title
Goes inside the <head>...</head>
Lesson 1
<Hn>...</Hn>
Heading
Section heading of variable text size, where n=1 to 6
Lesson 3
<b>...</b>
<i>...</i>
<tt>...</tt>
Style
Apply bold, italic, or typewriter (monospaced font)
Lesson 5
<p>
Paragraph
Forces new paragraph with one blank line separator
Lesson 4
<br>
Line Break
Forces new line without blank line separator
Lesson 4
<hr>
Hard Rule
Forces new line with solid line separator
Lesson 4
<address>...</address>
Address
Italicized and offset text for page footers
Lesson 12
<blockquote>...
   </blockquote>
Blockquote
Indents and offseta text for long quotations
Lesson 13
<pre>...</pre>
Preformatted Text
Displays in monsospaced font with all space and carriage returns preserved.
Lesson 9
&xxxx;
Special Characters
Codes for special character sets and diacritical marks
Lesson 10

Lists
<ul>       <ol>
  <li>       <li>
  <li>       <li>
</ul>      </ol>
Item Lists
Unordered Lists <ul> for bulleted items, ordered lists <ol> for numbered items
Lesson 6
<dl>
  <dt>
  <dd>
  <dt>
  <dd>
</dl>
Descriptive Lists
Lists with text items <dt> and indented defintions <dd>
Lesson 11

Graphics
<img src="file.gif">
Inline Image
Display a picture within web page
Lesson 7a

Hyper-Links
<a href="file.html">
hypertext</a>
Local Hypertext Link
Link to another document.
Lesson 8a
    URL
Uniform Resource Locator
Address for internet resources
Lesson 8b
<a href="URL">
hypertext</a>
Internet HyperText Link
Link to another Internet Site, specified by URL
Lesson 8c
<a name="xyz"<...>
Named Anchor
Marks a section of text within a document with name "xyz"
Lesson 8d
<a href="file.html#xyz">
hypertext</a>
Link to Named Anchor
Jump to a named anchor within the same or another document
Lesson 8d
<a href="url">
<img scr=file.gif"></a>
Internet HyperGraphic Link
Inline image acts as hyperlink to site specified by URL
Lesson 8e
<a href="mailto:
"doe@xyz.edu">... </a>
Internet Mail Link
Sets up email message to specified address
Lesson 12

Writing HTML Summary of HTML Tags

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