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- Anchor (<A>):
- Defines a
section of text as either a hyperlink (using HREF)or as the target of
another hyperlink (using NAME).
- Blockquote
(<blockquote>):
- Defines text as
being quoted material. This text is separatedfrom other text, usually
indented, and in some browsers is italicized bydefault.
- Body (<BODY>):
- Defines the main portion of an HTML document. All materialbetween the
BODY tags is shown in the browser display window.
- Boldface (<B>):
- Causes text to be boldfaced.
- Comment (<!-- -->:
- Prevents enclosed text from being displayed inthe browser display
window. In theory, HTML markup could be commented out;in practice, few
browsers will do this correctly.
- Definition List (<DL>):
- Defines a list of term-definition pairs;typically used to create
glossaries. The two components of a definitionlist are:
- Definition-list definition
(<DD>):
- Defines the definition in a term-definitionpair of a definition list.
- Definition-list term
(<DT>):
- Defines the term in a term-definitionpair of a definition list.
- Emphasis
(<EM>):
- Causes text to be emphasized. The display of this text varies by browser
and user, but the suggested defaultis italicized text.
- Header (<HEAD>):
- Defines the header informationfor a document, such as the TITLE
(required) and any other header elements.
- Headings (<H1>- <H6>):
- Text which is definedas a heading is separated from other text and
usually displayed in a differentstyle so as to make its special status
obvious. Section titles and evendocument names are the usual uses for
headings.
- Horizontal Rule (<HR>):
- Creates a line thatruns the width of the browser window. The appearance
of a horizontal rulevaries by browser.
- HTML (<HTML>):
- Defines an HTMLdocument.
- Image (<IMG>):
- Causes animage to be placed in the HTML document at the point where the
tag occurs. The graphic file's location is specified using the SRC
attribute. Othercommonly used attributes are ALIGN and ALT.
- Italics (<I>):
- Causestext to be italicized.
- Line Break (<BR>):
- Forcesthe current line of text to be ended at the point where the tag
occurs andany subsequent text or HTML elements to be displayed beginning at
the beginningof the next line on screen.
- List Item (<LI>):
- An element of either an ordered or unordered list. Use of the closing
tag(</LI>) is optional.
- Lists:
-
- Unordered (<UL>)
- Ordered (<OL>)
- Definition (<DL>)
- Ordered List (<OL>):
- Defines a list of items which are automatically ordered; typically,
thisis a sequential numbering from one to the number of list items.
- Paragraph (<P>):
- Defines a section of text as being a paragraph. The closing tag
(</P>) is technically optional, but its use is strongly
recommended.
- Strong (<STRONG>):
- Causes text to be strongly emphasized. The display of this text varies
bybrowser and user, but the suggested default is boldfaced text.
- Title (<TITLE>):
- Defines the title of the document, which will appear in the history
listand any bookmarks which are set.
- Typewriter-text (<TT>):
- Causes text to be displayed in the browser's defined monospace font.
- Underline (<U>):
- Causes text to be underlined. Not supported by all browsers.
- Unordered List (<UL>):
- Defines a list of items which are automatically marked with a "bullet";
typically,this is a solid disc or asterisk.
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