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HTML Tags

HTML tags tell your Web browser on how to display your Web page. Some of these are listed below.

Note that each tag consists of two parts start and finish. For example with the bold tag tells your Web browser to start bolding text. tells your browser to stop bolding text.

Tag> Purpose

These tags are used at the top and bottom of the Web page

<HTML> </HTML> defines document type

<HEAD> </HEAD> defines document heading

<TITLE> </TITLE> defines document title

<HTML> </BODY> document text

Document Formatting tags

<H1> </H1> defines largest heading size. Smaller heading sizes range from H2-H6

 line break

 starts a new paragraph

 line break

<CENTER> </CENTER> centers text on a line

 bolds text

 italicizes text

 underlines text

<HR> </HR> horizontal line

<PRER> </PRE> Preformatted text. Web browser displays text exactly you entered it in your document.

Reference To A link

< A HREF="URL"> Text label <A>
The <A>nchor tag links the URL to the Text label

Tag>	Purpose
These tags are used at the top and bottom of the Web page
<HTML> </HTML>	defines document type
<HEAD> </HEAD>	defines document heading
<TITLE> </TITLE>	defines document title
<HTML> </BODY>	document text
Document Formatting tags
<H1> </H1>	defines largest heading size. Smaller heading sizes range from H2-H6
<BR> </BR>	line break
<P> </P>	starts a new paragraph
<BR> </BR>	line break
<CENTER> </CENTER>	centers text on a line
<B> </B>	bolds text
<I> </I>	italicizes text
<U> </U>	underlines text
<HR> </HR>	horizontal line
<PRER> </PRE>	Preformatted text. Web browser displays text exactly you entered it in your document.
Reference To A link
< A HREF="URL"> Text label <A> The <A>nchor tag links the URL to the Text label