HTML 4.0 Logo Reader Icon OEB 1.0 Logo PPC Logo <em>Emphasis

This tag emphasizes a text element. In the Microsoft Reader, it renders like the <i> tag. The <em> tag is preferred in OEB over the <i> tag.

Attributes

class, id, lang, style, title (ignored)

Sample

Emphasis Sample diagram

Sample Code

<h3>&lt;EM&gt; or Emphasis </h3>
The &lt;em&gt; tag <em>emphasizes</em> the text it surrounds, and is similar to italicizing.

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