Text Tags Basic Tags


Formatting Tags


<p></p>

Creates a new paragraph. Note that this tag causes the text to skip a line and begin on the next line. If you only want to skip to the next line, use <br> instead.

Attributes:
<p align=?>: use with the values of "left", "center", or "right" to align the paragraph accordingly.

<br>

Inserts a single line break.

<blockquote></blockquote>

Indents text from both sides.

<ol></ol>

Creates an ordered/numbered list that is indented. An ordered list looks like this:

  1. first item
  2. second item

Use <li></li> to identify each item in the list.

<ul></ul>

Creates an unordered/bulleted list that is indented. An unordered list looks like this:

  • first item
  • second item

Again, use <li></li> to identify each item in the list.

<div align=?></div>

A generic tag used to center, right-align, or left-align images or large blocks of HTML.
ex. <div align="center"><img src="graphic.gif"></div>

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