Basic Tags: text formating

Basic Tags: Text Formatting

Now that you know the basics, start experimenting with these basic tags to control the way text displays. You will use these basic tags to format your resume with HTML.

Try using each of these tags to see how they display in your browser.

Tags (not all have closing tags)	Purpose / Example
<p> </p>	Paragraph break
<p align="center"> </p>	centering
<br>	Line break.
<blockquote> </blockquote>	Indents text
<b> </b>	bold
<i> </i>	italic
<u> </u>	underline
<h1> </h1>	Heading 1
<h2> </h2>	Heading 2
<h3> </h3>	Heading 3
<h4> </h4>	Heading 4
<h5> </h5>	Heading 5
<h6> </h6>	Heading 6
<pre> </pre>	preformatted text
<div> </div>	Division (used to apply a format to a larger section)
	Non-breaking space

Lists

Unordered List	<ul> <li>apples</li> <li>pears</li> <li>oranges</li> </ul>	apples pears oranges
Ordered List	<ol> <li>first</li> <li>second</li> <li>third</li> </ol>	first second third
Nested List	<ul> <li>fruit</li> <ol> <li>apples</li> <li>oranges</li> </ol> <li>vegetables</li> <ol> <li>corn</li> <li>asparagus</li> </ol> </ul>	fruit apples oranges vegetables corn asparagus

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Basic Tags: Text Formatting

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