Basic HTML
(HyperText Markup Language)
Text Codes
PARAGRAPHS,LINE BREAKS AND HORIZONTAL LINES:

Seperate your paragraphs using the <p> tag for a new paragraph.
The <br> tag starts a new line without skipping any space.
To draw a line across the screen use <hr> (for "horizontal rule")

TAG                  HOW TO USE IT                              WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE                
<p>                   Welcome!<P>Come in!                      Welcome!                                                                                                                       Come in!
___________________________________________________________________ <br>                  Welcome!<br>Come in!                    Welcome!

                                                                                      Come in!
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<hr>                  Welcome!<hr>Come in!                      Welcome!
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                                                                                        Come in!
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Create Titles/text different sizes

TAG                              HOW TO USE IT                               WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE     

<h1></h1>    <h1>Welcome! come on in!</h1>         Welcome! Come on in!
<h2></h2>    <h2>Welcome! come on in!</h2>       Welcome! Come on in!
<h3></h3>    <h3>Welcome!
Come on in!<h3>        Welcome! Come on in!
<h4></h4>    <h4> Welcome! Come on in!</h4>            Welcome! Come on in!
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Emphasize words using Bold, Italic, and Underline

TAG                             HOW TO USE IT                              WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE     

<b></b>                  <b>Welcome!</b>                                   Welcome!
<i></i>                    <i>Welcome!</i>                                    
Welcome!
<u></u>                  <u>Welcome!</u>                                   Welcome!
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Use Color
Liven up your Text with built-in colors like: AQUA, BLACK, BLUE, FUCHSIA, GRAY, GREEN, LIME, MAROON, NAVY, OLIVE, PURPLE, RED, SILVER, TEAL, YELLOW & WHITE.
TAG                        HOW TO USE IT                                   WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE  

<font color=
color>    Hi <font color=blue>bye</font>          Hi bye
</font>

Create lists and bullets
Begin your list with <ol> for an ordered, or numbered list.
Start the list with <ul> for a bulleted list>
Each item in the list should have a <li> tag at the beginning and </li> at the end of each item.

TAG                       HOW TO USE IT                                   WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE      
<ul></ul>              Winners are:<ul>                                     Winners are:
                             <li>Sweetpea</li>                                    
                             <li>Gloopy</li>                                         . Sweetpea                                                          </ul>
                                                                                             .  Gloopy

<ol></ol>              Winners are:<ol>                                    Winners are:
                             <li>Sweetpea</li>                                   
                             <li>Gloopy</li>                                        1. Sweetpea
                             </ol>                                                        2. Gloopy
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To get exactly the effect you want - just combine tags. For example, here's how to write " Welcome to my page" in Bold, italic, centered and in white.
<b><i><center><font color=white>Welcome to my page</b></i></center></font>

and it would look like this :
    Welcome to my page

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