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Type
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Form
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Action
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Example
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Address
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<address>
</address>
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The enclosed address is displayed in italics. WWW search engines
may index enclosed text as email addresses.
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This is an address <address>
rdralph@netstrider.com
</address>
This is an address rdralph@netstrider.com
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Notes:
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Use when creating mailto links on HTML pages. This code alerts HTML that the
enclosed text is an address.
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Blink
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<blink>
</blink>
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The enclosed text is displayed as blinking.
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This word is <blink>blinking</blink>.
This word is .
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Notes:
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Use wherever is necessary or desirable.
Especially useful for drawing attention to links. Most Internet users
find blinking text annoying.
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Blockquote
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<blockquote>
</blockquote>
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The enclosed text block is displayed in italics with left and
right margins indented.
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<blockquote>This is a block of quoted text.</blockquote>
This is a block of quoted text.
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Notes:
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Use when a block quote style is necessary or desirable. The entire block will
have left and right margins indented in the section.
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Bold
Strong
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<b></b>
<strong>
</strong>
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The enclosed text is displayed bolded.
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These words are <b>displayed in bold</b>.
These words are displayed in bold.
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Notes:
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Use wherever bold text is necessary or desirable.
Especially useful for emphasizing text.
The <b></b> form of the command may become obsolete.
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Center
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<center>
</center>
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Displays enclosed text (and any embedded objects) centered on the page
within the section.
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<center>These words are centered.</center>
These words are centered.
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Notes:
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Use wherever centered text is necessary or required. This tag pair can also be
used to center objects or tables. This command forces a break.
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Italics
Cite
Emphasis
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<i></i>
<cite>
</cite>
<em></em>
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The enclosed text is displayed in italics.
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These words are <i>in italics</i>.
These words are in italics.
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Notes:
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Use wherever italics are required or desirable.
Useful for emphasizing text.
Necessary in bibliographies and some citations.
The <i></i> form of
the command may become obsolete.
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Code
Keyboard
Sample
Teletype
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<code>
</code>
<kdb></kbd>
<sample>
</sample>
<tt></tt>
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The enclosed text is displayed in a non-proportionally spaced font,
usually Courier or Courier New.
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These words are displayed <code>in non-proportional text</code>.
These words are displayed in non-proportional text.
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Notes:
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Use wherever non-proportionally spaced text
is necessary or desirable.
Especially useful in indicating computer code or computer commands.
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Preformatted
Text
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<pre width=>
</pre>
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The text enclosed within the preformatted tags is displayed exactly
as it appears on the screen of the editor in which it was generated. All spaces
and blank lines will be preserved as is. The text will be displayed in a
non-proportionally spaced font, usually Courier. The optional
width parameter specifies the width of the preformatted text
column in characters.
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<pre width=20>This is
preformatted
text. </pre>
This is
preformatted
text.
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Notes:
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Use preformatted text tags whenever you want the actual formatting of the text
preserved. This is particularly useful for text-based tables, bibliographies and
indented outlines and lists which HTML cannot effectively handle yet.
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Strikeout
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<s></s>
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The enclosed text is displayed as striken out.
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These words are displayed <s>stricken out</s>.
These words are displayed stricken out.
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Notes:
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Use wherever stricken text is necessary or desirable.
This code extension is not widely accepted or implemented yet.
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Subscript
Superscript
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<sub></sub>
<sup></sup>
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The enclosed text is displayed as a subscript or a
superscript.
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CO<sub>2</sub> and 1 X 10<sup>6</sup>.
CO2 and 1 X 106.
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Notes:
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Use wherever subscripted text (C6H12O6) or
superscripted text (E=mc2) is necessary. These tags
alter text alignment slightly by introducing more space between lines.
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Underline
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<u></u>
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The enclosed text is displayed as underlined.
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This word is displayed <u>underlined</u>.
This word is displayed underlined.
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Notes:
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Use wherever text underlining is necessary or desirable.
This code extension is not widely accepted or implemented yet.
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Type
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Form
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Action
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Example
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Lines & Dividers
