This is an example of standard (unformatted) body text displayed within an HTML document. In the upcoming exercises, you will learn to use Heading Level tags to structure your Web pages and formatting tags to format the text in your Web pages. Standard body text can be added to an HTML document simply by typing; no special tags are required. It’s as easy as typing text into a word processing document.

Heading Level 1

Heading Level 2

Heading Level 3

Heading Level 4

Heading Level 5

Heading Level 6

Without the Break tag
This is an example of standard text displayed within the body of an HTML document without a break tag.

With the Break tag
This is an example of standard text
displayed within the body of an HTML
document with a break tag.

Without the Paragraph tag
Unlike in word processing documents, carriage returns and line breaks in HTML files are ignored. Text can only be broken using a Paragraph tag or Break tag.

With the Paragraph tag
Unlike in word processing documents,

carriage returns and line breaks in HTML files are ignored. Text can only

Without the Preformatted Tag
Ohio Virginia Texas Georgia 1996 87 77 43 102 1997 41 59 92 116

With the Preformatted Tag

        Ohio   Virginia   Texas   Georgia

1996       87       77        43      102

1997       41       59        92      116

Without the Blockquote tag
This is an example of standard body text. The text extends all the way to the left margin and all the way to the right margin.

With the Blockquote tag

This is an example of standard body text with the Blockquote tag. Notice how the text is indented on both the left and the right.

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