Basic Markup Tags in HTML

HTML tags are used to mark the elements of a file ie. fonts,paragraphs, text styles etc.

The HTML tags start with a left angle(<) and end with a back slash and right angle(/<)

Html tells the browser the file contains HTML coded information

Html has 6 HEADER TAGS

HTML has a pre tag which allows a fixed format

HTML has many text styles

HTML has many useful Layout tags

HTML allows many Special Characters

HTML Hypertext Links

THE HTML HEADERS

• H1 HEADER IS THE LARGEST

• H2 HEADER IS SMALLER

• H3 HEADER IS SMALLER

• H4 HEADER IS SMALLER

• H5 HEADER IS EVEN SMALLER

• H6 HEADER IS THE SMALLEST

An example of the  < pre >  tag 
This is how a pre tag works.
You use a pretag when you want to control the
appearence  of your table
or document. The pre tag also allows
you to control spaces and other characters.

Text Styles in an unordered list format

• < b > tag will give you a bold text
• < i > tag will give you an Italic text
• < I > < b >tag will give you Italic bold
• < big > Big tag shows this size
• < small > Small tag is this size
• < em >It is sometimes a good idea to emphasize something
• < strong > When you mean it a strong font is useful
• You can combine combine strong and empasized
• A variable font is useful
• < sub > is an example of a _{subscript tag}
• < sup > is an example of a ^{superscript tag}

Layout tags

< P >< /p > - paragraph

< br >< /br >- line break

< blockquote >< /blockquote > - blockquote

< hr > horizontal line

Special Characters

Character symbol	Symbol	Code
ampersand	&	& #38;
Asterisk	*	& #42;
At Sign	@	& #64;
Greater than	>	& #gt;
Less than sign	<	& #lt;
Bullet	•	& #149:
Copyright	©	& #169;
Trademark	™	& #153;

Hypertext Links

Items you select , usually by clicking a mouse, to instantly view another topic or document, often called the destination link

Anchor

Tag used to establish your links

Creating Anchors

Locate the text you want to anchor (destination link)

Before the text or graphic place the tag < a name="anchor_name" where anchor_name is the name you choose to anchor

After the text or graphic place a closing tag < /a> to turn off the anchor

Linking to text within a document

Mark the destination text with an anchor

Locate the text or graphic you want to designate as the link

Before the text or graphic place the tag < a href="anchor_name" where anchor_name of the anchor

After the text or graphic place a closing tag < /a> after the text or graphic you designated as the link