103 - BASIC FORMATTING
Background (by means of BGCOLOR), Separator and Line Break

       


<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>
103 - BASIC FORMATTING
</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR=Yellow>
<!---------------------------------------Background Color
BGCOLOR (Backgound Color) attribute.
Possible colors by means of words:
White, Aqua, Fuchsia, Blue, Yellow, Lime, Red, Silver
Gray, Teal, Purple, Navy, Olive, Green, Maroon, Black
------------------------------------------------------------->

<P>
<CENTER>
<H4>Background Color, Separator and Line Break</H4>
</CENTER>

<P>
<HR>
<!---------------------------------------Horizontal Separator
(HR = Horizontal Rule)
May have the attribute WIDTH on the screen.
It should not exceed 580 points (its default).
-------------------------------------------------------------->

<P>
<HR WIDTH=450>

<P> The background is yellow according to the specified BGCOLOR attribute.
<BR> The two separators HR and HR WIDTH=450 are displayed after the header.

<P> In this paragraph it is attempted to show an example of a period with a line break (BR).
<BR> Here the subject is continued in another period but in the same paragraph.

<P>
Here another paragraph is iniciated.

</BODY>

</HTML>

 

How to test the home page above:

[1] Copy the codes from <HTML> to </HTML> into a new file using the Windows Notepad or a HTML editor.

[2] Save the file with whichever name but with the extension .htm or .html in a computer folder (suggested name for the folder: BasicHTML) specially created for holding this course test files.

Suggestion for the name of the file: AATestXXX.htm where XXX is the number at the top of this screen. The double "A" will put the file name at the top of the list in the folder, making it easier to locate.

[3] Open the file by means of any browser to get the following home page:

Note the following remarks:

  1. The values of the attribute BGCOLOR of the tag <BODY> may also be specified in hexadecimal codes found in HTML books or directly edited through a HTML editor.

  2. HTML tags may have some attributes that are specified internally in the tags as in the examples above of BGCOLOR in the tag </BODY> and of WIDTH in the tag <HR>.

  3. The tags <HR> and <BR> do not need to be closed with </name of the tag>.

 

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