formatting tag
DESCRIPTION
A wide description of basic formatting tag is given with detail insight about cross platform compatibility.TRANSCRIPT
Prepared By Gusani Mayank
HTML TagsHTML markup tags are usually called HTML
tags
HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <html>
HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b>
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags
HTML 4.01 Formatting Tag Reference
HTML <abbr> TagThe <abbr> tag describes an abbreviated phrase.By marking up abbreviations you can give useful
information to browsers, spellcheckers, screen readers, translation systems and search-engines.
HTML <tt> <i> <b> <big> <small> Tags
HTML <bdo> Tagbdo stand for bidirectional override.The <bdo> tag allows you to specify the text
direction and override the bidirectional algorithm.
HTML <blockquote> TagThe <blockquote> tag defines a long quotation.A browser inserts white space before and after a
blockquote element. It also insert margins for the blockquote element.
Tips and NotesTip: Use the <q> element to mark up short
quotations!Note: To validate a blockquote element as strict
HTML/XHTML, the element must contain only other block-level elements, like this:
<blockquote><p>Here is a long quotation here is a long quotation</p></blockquote>
Optional & Standard Attributes
HTML <em> <strong> <dfn> <code> <samp> <kbd> <var> <cite> Tags
Standard Attributes
HTML <pre> Tag
The <pre> tag defines preformatted text.
Text in a pre element is displayed in a fixed-width font (usually Courier), and it preserves both spaces and line breaks.
Optional & Standard Attributes
HTML <sub> and <sup> Tags
The <sub> tag defines subscript text. Subscript text appears half a character below the baseline. Subscript text can be used for chemical formulas, like H2O.
The <sup> tag defines superscript text. Superscript text appears half a character above the baseline. Superscript text can be used for footnotes, like WWW[1].
Standard Attributes
HTML <address> TagThe <address> tag defines the contact information for
the author or owner of a document. This way, the reader is able to contact the document's owner.
The address element is usually added to the header or footer of a webpage.
HTML <acronym> TagThe <acronym> tag defines an acronym.
An acronym can be spoken as if it were a word, example NATO, NASA, ASAP, GUI.
By marking up acronyms you can give useful information to browsers, spellcheckers, screen readers, translation systems and search-engines.
Standard Attributes
HTML <del> TagThe <del> tag defines text that has been
deleted from a document.
HTML <font> TagThe <font> tag specifies the font face, font
size, and font color of text.
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