Formatting the text
Now we'll see the basic rules of text formatting.Force a line break (carriage return)
Put the <BR> tag in the desired point.
Who's that girl?<BR>She's so pretty...
Who's that girl?
She's so pretty...
She's so pretty...
Put a single empty line
Place two <BR> tags.
I've lost my glasses.<BR><BR>Help!
I've lost my glasses.
Help!
Help!
To have n empty lines, insert (n+1) <BR> tags.
Write bold text
The bold text has a thicker font.Type the text between the <B> tag and the </B> tag.
Mike has a <B>big</B> house.
Mike has a big house.
Write italic text
The italic text has a sloping font.Type the text between the <I> tag and the </I> tag.
Peter has a <I>Stratocaster</I> guitar!
Peter has a Stratocaster guitar!
Quote some text
If you need to quote (cite) a portion of text,put it between the tags <BLOCKQUOTE> and </BLOCKQUOTE>.
It will appear lightly shifted to the right (indented).
She told me:<BLOCKQUOTE>It was a dark and stormy night...</BLOCKQUOTE>
She told me:
It was a dark and stormy night...
Draw an horizontal line
Put the <HR> tag.
This is a line (Horizontal Rule). It is a content separator.<HR>
This is a line (Horizontal Rule). It is a content separator.
Preformatted text
The other way to display a text with spaces, indentation, and blank lines, is to use the preformatted text.The preformatted text uses a monospace font ( a fixed-width font, as Courier ).
Type the whole text between the <PRE> tag and the </PRE> tag.
What you type is what you get.
Tip : short text lines looks better.
<PRE> There was a little sun in the midnight There was a little moon in the morning </PRE>
There was a little sun in the midnight There was a little moon in the morning
Style combinations
The formatting styles (bold, italic, blockquote, preformatted) can be combined together.To make a combination, write one tag block inside the other.
This <I><B>cell phone</B></I> costs <B>$ 199</B>.
This cell phone costs $ 199.
Special characters
Some special characters, as & , © , € and so on, have an equivalent representation (reference):This table shows the most used and the equivalents:
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To write a special character, use the equivalent entity:
This is the "ampersand" character: &
This is the "ampersand" character: &
Sometimes you need to insert a fixed length space.
You can display a space of n characters writing n times
| Spring Summer Autumn |<BR><BR> | Spring Summer Autumn |
| Spring Summer Autumn |
| Spring Summer Autumn |
| Spring Summer Autumn |
Comment the code
We can add a comment into the code, writing it between <!–– and ––>Note:
- remember to leave a space after <!–– and before ––>
- comments are hidden from normal view.
<P> This is the first chapter:... </P> <!-- First chapter ends here --> <!-- Second chapter begins here --> <P> This is the second chapter:... </P>
This is the first chapther:...
This is the second chapther:...
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how to write lists.