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<S> some text </S>

Renders the enclosed text as ~~stricken through~~.
Equivalent command: <STRIKE>

<SAMP> some text </SAMP>

Renders the enclosed text in a nonproportionally spaced font, generally Courier New or Courier font.
See related commands: <CODE>, <LISTING>, <PRE>, <TT>, <XMP>.

<SELECT params>
  <OPTION>Displayed Option 1
  <OPTION>Displayed Option 2
  . . .
</SELECT>
Command Parameters:
multiple name= size=

Defines a list of choices within a <FORM> when used in conjunction with <OPTION> statements.
See also: <FORM>, <OPTION>.

<SMALL> some text </SMALL>

Renders the enclosed text a font size smaller than normal text. See related command: <FONT>

<SOUND params>

Command Parameters:
delay= loop= src=

In the Mosaic browser only, plays a .WAV file as in inline sound. See related commands: <BGSOUND>, <EMBED>

<SPACER params>

Netscape Specific Command Parameters:
align= height= size= type= width=

Unpaired Tag

In the Netscape browser this command can produce either a vertical or horizontal white space depending on the supplied command parameters. This command does not work in the Internet Explorer browser. In the Internet Explorer browser the <TABLE> command can be used to produce some similar effects.
See related command: <PRE>

<SPAN params> some text </SPAN>

Internet Explorer Specific Command Parameters:
class= style=

See: Microsoft's excellent online workshop A User's Guide to Style Sheets.

Used with Style Sheets this command renders the enclosed text according to the supplied parameters.
Style Sheets currently only work with the Internet Explorer browser.
See related command: <FONT>

<STRIKE> some text </STRIKE>

Renders the enclosed text as ~~stricken through~~.
Equivalent command: <S>

<STRONG> some text </STRONG>

Renders the enclosed text as bold.

Preferred command: <B>

<SUB> subscripted text </SUB>

Renders the enclosed text
as _subscripted. Unless otherwise indicated, this also reduces the font size.

Related command: <SUP>

<SUP> superscripted text </SUP>

Renders the enclosed text
as ^{superscripted}. Unless otherwise indicated, this also reduces the font size.

Related command: <SUB>

<TABLE params>
defined table contents
</TABLE>

General Command Parameters:
align= bgcolor= border= cellpadding= cellspacing= height= valign= width=

Internet Explorer Specific Command Parameters:
background= bordercolor= bordercolorlight= bordercolordark= frame= rules=

Contains and defines the attributes of a table. Tables can contain a caption and table headers. Tables must contain at least one column and one row.

Related command: <FRAMESET>

<TBODY> table body </TBODY>

Encloses and defines the body segment of a table in the Internet Explorer browser only.

See: <TABLE>

<TD params>
table data cell contents
</TD>

General Command Parameters:
align= bgcolor= height= valign= width=

Internet Explorer Specific Command Parameters:
background= bordercolor= bordercolorlight= bordercolordark=

Encloses and defines each table data cell within a table. Table data cells must be enclosed within table rows.

See: <TABLE>

<TEXTAREA params>
Included text
</TEXTAREA>
Command Parameters:
rows= cols= wrap

Defines a block text input area in a <FORM>.
See also: <FORM>, <INPUT>.

<TFOOT> table footer </TFOOT>

Encloses and defines the footer segment of a table in the Internet Explorer browser only.

See: <TABLE>

<TH params>
table header contents
</TH>

General Command Parameters:
align= bgcolor= height= valign= width=

Internet Explorer Specific Command Parameters:
background= bordercolor= bordercolorlight= bordercolordark=

Encloses and defines the table column headers.

See: <TABLE>

<THEAD> table header </THEAD>

Encloses and defines the header segment of a table in the Internet Explorer browser only.

See: <TABLE>

<TITLE params>
HTML document title
</TITLE>

Encloses and defines the HTML document title. Occurs only in the <HEAD> document segment. Generates the title display in the browser window title bar.

See: <HEAD>

<TR params>
table row contents
</TR>

General Command Parameters:
align= bgcolor= height= valign= width=

Internet Explorer Specific Command Parameters:
background= bordercolor= bordercolorlight= bordercolordark=

Encloses and defines each table row within a table.

See: <TABLE>

<TT> some text </TT>

Renders the enclosed text in a nonproportionally spaced font. See related commands: <CODE>, <LISTING>, <PRE>, <SAMP>, <XMP>.

<U> underlined text </U>

Renders the enclosed text as underlined.

<UL params>
<LI>list items
</UL>

Command Parameters:
type=

Defines an unordered list, i.e., a bullet or "burger dot" list.
See related commands: <DL>,<MENU>, <OL>.

<VAR> The command renders enclosed text as italicized. See also the <I> command.

<WBR>

Unpaired Tag

Forces a word break even when the NOWRAP attribute has been set.

See related command: <BR>.

<XMP> some example code </XMP>

Renders the enclosed text in a nonproportionally spaced font and suspends interpretation of enclosed commands such that they display rather than being interpreted by the browser. The command also forces white space above and below.

See related commands: <CODE>, <LISTING>, <PRE>, <TT>.

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