Supported Tags, Styles, and Attributes

This is a complete list of the tags, attributes, styles, and OEB markup supported by the Pocket PC version 1.0 of Microsoft Reader and the Windows version 1.5 of Microsoft Reader.

Items marked "Yes" are fully supported. Items marked "No" are not supported. Items marked Ignored can be coded into eBooks and will be ignored by conversion tools, but may be active in future Reader releases. Items marked "Dep" are deprecated by the OEB specification and should be avoided whenever possible.

OEB, Pocket PC Reader 1.0, and Reader 1.5 Support

Tags OEB v1.0 PPC 1.0 Reader 1.5 Notes
XML Yes Yes Yes  
!-- --   Yes Yes Comments
!DOCTYPE Yes Yes Yes Properly formatted DOCTYPE only.
A Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Href - external Yes Yes Yes Displayed as text. Do not render.
Href - internal Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Name Dep. Yes Yes  
Rel Yes Ignored Ignored  
Rev Yes Ignored Ignored  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
<AREA /> Yes No No  
Alt Yes No No  
Coords Yes No No  
Href Yes No No  
Nohref Yes No No  
Shape Yes No No  
B Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
BASE Yes No Yes  
Href Yes No Yes  
BIG Yes Yes Yes  
BLOCKQUOTE Yes Yes Yes  
Cite Yes Ignored Ignored  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
BODY Yes Yes Yes  
Bgcolor Dep. No No  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Text Dep. Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
BR Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Clear Dep. No Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
CAPTION Yes No No  
CENTER Dep. Yes Yes  
CITE Yes No Yes  
CODE Yes No Yes  
DD Yes Yes Yes  
Class   Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
DFN Yes No Yes  
DEL No Yes Yes Line through the text.
DIR No Yes Yes Text in a list style.
DIV Yes Yes Yes  
Align Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
DL Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
DT Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
EM Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
FONT Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Color Dep. Yes Yes MS: numeric, plus sixteen standard color names
Face Dep. Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Size Dep. Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
HEAD Yes Yes Yes  
Hn Yes Yes Yes  
Align Dep. Yes Yes OEB: left, center, right, justify
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
HR Yes Yes Yes  
Align Dep. Yes Yes OEB: left, center, right
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Noshade No Yes Yes  
Size Dep. Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
Width Dep. Yes Yes  
HTML Yes Yes Yes  
xmlns   No Yes  
I Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
IMG Yes Yes Yes  
Align Dep. No Yes  
Alt Yes Ignored Ignored  
Border Dep. No Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Height Dep. Yes Yes  
Hspace Dep. No No  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Longdesc Yes Ignored Ignored  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Lowsrc Yes No No  
Src Yes Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
Usemap Dep. No No  
Vspace Dep. No No  
Width Dep. Yes Yes  
INS No Yes Yes Reader underlines the text.
KBD Yes Yes Yes  
LI Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
Type No No Yes  
LINK Yes Yes Yes Style sheets only
Href Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Media Yes Yes Yes  
Rel Yes Yes Yes Must equal "stylesheet" or ignored
Rev Yes No No  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
Type Yes No Yes  
LISTING No No Yes  
Class No No Yes  
Id No No Yes  
Lang No No Yes  
Style No No Yes  
Title No No Ignored  
MAP Yes No No  
Name Dep. No No  
MENU Yes No Yes  
Id No No Yes  
META Yes Ignored Ignored  
Name Yes Ignored Ignored  
Content Yes Ignored Ignored  
Scheme Yes Ignored Ignored  
OBJECT Yes No No  
Align Dep. No No  
Archive Yes No No  
Border Dep. No No  
Classid Yes No No  
Codebase Yes No No  
Codetype Yes No No  
Data Yes No No  
Height Dep. No No  
Hspace Dep. No No  
Type Yes No No  
Usemap Yes No No  
Vspace Dep. No No  
Width Dep. No No  
OL Yes Yes Yes Nesting supported, numbered only
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Start No No No  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Type Dep. No Yes  
P Yes Yes Yes  
Align Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
PARAM Yes No No  
Name Yes No No  
Value Yes No No  
Valuetype Yes No No OEB: data, ref, object
Type Yes No No  
PLAINTEXT MSR, Dep. No Yes  
PRE Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
Q Yes No Yes  
Cite Yes No Yes  
S Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
SAMP Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang   Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
SCRIPT No No No Text within should be ignored
SMALL Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
SPAN Yes Yes Yes  
STRIKE Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
STRONG Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
STYLE Yes Yes Yes See style property list below.
Type Yes Yes Yes  
SUB Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
SUP Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
TABLE Yes No Yes  
Align Dep. No Ignored  
Bgcolor Dep. No Yes  
Border Yes No Yes  
Cellpadding Yes No Yes  
Cellspacing Yes No Ignored  
Summary Yes No No  
Width Dep. No No  
TD Yes No Yes  
Abbr Yes No No  
Align Yes No Yes  
Bgcolor Dep. No Yes  
Colspan Yes No Yes Slightly different from HTML
Height Dep. No Yes Not %
Nowrap Dep. No Yes  
Rowspan Yes No Yes  
Valign Yes No Yes  
Width Yes No No  
TH Yes No Yes  
Abbr Yes No No  
Align Yes No Yes  
Bgcolor Dep. No Yes  
Colspan Yes No Yes Slightly different from HTML
Height Dep. No Yes Not %
Nowrap Dep. No Yes  
Rowspan Yes No Yes  
Valign Yes No Yes  
Width Dep. No No  
TR Yes No Yes  
Align No No No  
Bgcolor Dep. No Yes  
Valign Yes No Yes  
TITLE Yes Yes Yes  
TT Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
U Dep. Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
UL Yes Yes Yes  
Class Yes Yes Yes  
Id Yes Yes Yes  
Lang No Yes Yes  
Style Yes Yes Yes  
Title Yes Ignored Ignored  
VAR Yes No Yes  
Style Properties OEB v1.0 PPC 1.0 Reader 1.5 Notes
Background-color Yes No Yes Applies only to table, tr, td
Basic color names Yes No Yes  
6- and 3-digit hex Yes No Yes  
RGB, int and percentage Yes No Yes  
Border Yes No Yes  
None Yes No Yes  
Solid Yes No Yes  
Dotted Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Dashed Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Double Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Groove Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Ridge Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Inset Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Outset Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Thin Yes No Yes  
Medium Yes No Yes  
Thick Yes No Yes  
Border-color No No Yes Subset of OEB border property
Border-style No No Yes Subset of OEB border property
None Yes No Yes  
Solid Yes No Yes  
Dotted Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Dashed Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Double Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Groove Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Ridge Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Inset Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Outset Yes No Yes Renders as solid
Border-width No No Yes Subset of OEB border property
Thin No No Yes  
Medium No No Yes  
Thick No No Yes  
Color Yes No Yes  
Basic color names Yes No Yes  
6- and 3-digit hex Yes No Yes  
RGB, int and percentage Yes No Yes  
Clear Yes No Yes  
None Yes No Yes  
Left Yes No No Equivalent to "both"
Right Yes No No Equivalent to "both"
Both Yes No Yes  
Display Yes Yes Yes all elements
in-line Yes Yes Yes  
block Yes Yes Yes  
oeb-page-head Yes Ignored Ignored Same as none.
oeb-page-foot Yes Ignored Ignored Same as none.
Float Yes No Yes  
Left Yes No Yes  
Right Yes No Yes  
None Yes No Yes  
Font No No Yes  
Font-family Yes No Yes  
Serif Yes No Yes  
Sans-Serif Yes No Yes  
Monospace Yes No Yes  
Font-size Yes Yes Yes 9 supported names, all elements
name Yes Yes Yes  
Font-style Yes Yes Yes all elements
normal Yes Yes Yes  
italic Yes Yes Yes  
Font-weight Yes Yes Yes all elements
normal Yes Yes Yes  
bold Yes Yes Yes  
Height Yes No Yes MS: image and HR
Line-height Yes Yes Yes  
normal Yes Yes Yes length or percentage, on block elements only
numeric values Yes Yes Yes  
List-style-type Yes No Yes  
Decimal Yes No Yes  
Lower-Roman Yes No Yes  
Upper-Roman Yes No Yes  
Lower-Alpha Yes No Yes  
Upper-Alpha Yes No Yes  
None Yes No Yes Supported for UL
Margin-right Yes Yes Yes  
Margin-left Yes Yes Yes  
Margin-top Yes Yes Yes Negative numbers treated as zero
Margin-bottom Yes Yes Yes Negative numbers treated as zero
OEB-column-number Yes No No  
Auto Yes No No  
Positive Integer Yes No No  
Page-break-after Yes Yes Yes block level
left Yes Yes Yes  
right Yes Yes Yes  
always Yes Yes Yes  
auto Yes Yes Yes  
Page-break-before Yes Yes Yes block level
left Yes Yes Yes  
right Yes Yes Yes  
always Yes Yes Yes  
auto Yes Yes Yes  
Page-break-inside Yes No No  
Auto Yes No No  
Avoid Yes No No  
Text-align Yes Yes Yes block level
left Yes Yes Yes  
right Yes Yes Yes  
centered Yes Yes Yes  
justify Yes Yes Yes  
Text-decoration Yes No Yes  
None Yes No Yes  
Underline Yes No Yes  
Text-indent Yes Yes Yes A length or percentage, block level
margin-left Yes Yes Yes  
margin-right Yes Yes Yes  
Vertical-align Yes No Yes  
Top Yes No Yes  
Middle Yes No Yes  
Bottom Yes No Yes  
Width Yes No Yes MS: image and HR

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