Formatting paragraphs and lists in HTML

• For a Normal paragraphs, start with a <p> tag. Blank lines do not signify paragraph breaks. In the absence of <p> tags or other tags that change the paragraph shape, all adjacent text is justified into a single paragraph.
• For including quoted material, use:

      <blockquote>...</blockquote>

  around the quote.
• HTML has several methods for forming lists:
  • Unnumbered or ``bullet lists,'' like the one you are reading now.
  • Ordinal or numbered lists, in which each item is preceded by a number.
  • Definition lists, in which unindented heading lines (for terms being defined) alternate with indented body lines (for definitions of the terms).
• To force a line break, use the <br> tag. Text following this tag will start on a new line.
• To get a horizontal ruled line across the page (like the one just below), use the <hr> tag.

Last updated: 1996/02/23 22:39:44 UT
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