| Tag | Description |
| <html></html> | Tags used at the beginning and end of every document |
| <head><title>docname.html</title></head> | Start and ends document information: title of page. Does not show in browser. |
| <body></body> | Starts and ends body of document. Documents have ONE body tag; all background and link color info. goes in this one tag. <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> for a solid white background <BODY background="beige.gif"> uses an image file for a background. As with any image reference, the image must be in the same directory as the HTML file. |
| <link="#xxxxxx"> | Link color can be changed by placing these tags within the <BODY> tag, along with any background information. |
| <h1>Title of Document</h1> | Enlarges text and places space around it. Varies in size from H1 to H6, with each getting progressively smaller. |
| <a href="http://...">text</a> | Links text to a particular web document. (external link) |
| <a href="#textname">text</a> | Works with a target or name tag to link to text within the same web page.(internal link) |
| <a name="textname">text</a> | Target or name tag used for internal link. |
| <img src="https://www.../pix.gif"> | Places the selected image in document. No ending tag needed. |
| <a href="mailto:me@niu.edu"></a> | Creates an email link |
| <font size=+1>text</font> <font color="#ff00ff">text</font> |
Enlarges text from +1 to +7 Changes color of font between tags. |
| <hr /> | Horizontal rule: places a line across page. No need for an end tag. Images may also be inserted as horizontal rules. |
| <br /> | Line break |
| <p>paragraph text</p> | Paragraph break. Double spaces before next text. |
| <center>text</center> | Centers text horizontally |
| <strong>bold</strong> | Makes text bold |
| <em>italic</em> | Makes text italic |
| <ul><li></li></ul> | Unordered, bulleted list. The <li>...</li> tags marks each bulleted item |
| <ol><li></li></ol> | Ordered lists where list items <li>...</li> are numbered |
| <blockquote>text</blockquote> | Indents text |
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