Text Design Essay Research Paper Tag Description

Text Design Essay, Research Paper

Tag Description Arguments for Tag Notes

a anchor (hypertext link) named anchor (bookmark)

address address char style Word Pro treats this as a “character style” rather than a “paragraph style”, as NetScape does.

b bold

base specifies base URL for external references NOTE: All partial URLs in document will use the URL specified in the base tag to form a full URL.

blockquote quote char style

body body / document preferences NetScape Extensions: bgcolor,background,text,link,vlink Uses page layout watermark as HTML wallpaper. Use the BODY directive to assign a filename for an embedded watermark graphic. The BODY directive should be in the document header.

br line break

cite citations char style

code code (monospace font) char style

dfn definition char style

dir (same as “ul”)

dl, dt, dd DL = starts/ends a definition list DT = definition term DD = definition description

em emphasis char style

h1 headings Extensions: align={left, center, right}

h2

h3

h4

h5

h6

head document header

hr horizontal rule Standard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: size, width, align, noshade exts not supported

html document markup

i italic

img inline image Standard: align, src, alt, ismap Netscape Extensions: border, height, width, left, right, (left, right = “in-text-vertical” type); width=x% also supported on import only Note about “ismap” attribute: The editor must apply the “HTML_IsMap” frame style for any graphic which the editor wants the “ismap” attribute. Use the IMG directive to assign filenames for embedded graphics. The IMG directive is also used for the SRC attribute if you save to the Internet with the “Save HTML Graphics” option turned off.

kbd keyboard input char style

li list item (enclosed within UL or OL) Standard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: type={A, a, I, i, 1} value={new count} (for *OL* only) exts not supported

bulleted paragraph (not enclosed in *ul*)

menu (same as “ul”)

ol ordered list Standard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: type={A, a, I, i, *1} start={restart value} exts not supported

p new paragraph Extensions: align={left, center, right}

pre preformated text (whitespaces preserved, with escapes translated) Word Pro treats this as a “character style” rather than a “paragraph style”, as NetScape does. That is, NetScape starts a new paragraph when this tag is encountered.

samp sample char style

strong strong char style

title document title Title is displayed in the division tab

tt typewriter font char style

u underline

ul, dir unordered list Standard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: type={disc, *circle, square bullet} exts not supported

var variable char style

xmp, listing, plaintext examples, listings, plaintext char style (whitespaces preserved, and escapes are not translated)

&xxx; &#DDD; escapes for symbols, international chars, and ASCII code chars, non-breaking space Standard: *, *, ampersand, ASCII char code Netscape Extensions: registered trademark, copyright, international 8-bit character set

NETSCAPE EXTENSIONS TO HTML

*!– xxx * comment

basefont specifies the base size for body text size=absolute size (default is 3)

big, small changes to a smaller/larger font size relative to current font size Note: big=min(7, current font size + 1) small=max(1, current font size – 1) (font size is NetScape’s system whose valid range is from 1 to 7) not exported; instead *font size=…* is used instead

center centers Exported only if impossible to center a section of text using standard HTML

font changes font attributes size={absolute size, increment/decrement size} color={blue,green,red,yellow,white,magenta,purple,cyan,black,gray,grey,#RRGGBB} color always exported as #RRGGBB