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HTML Help

HTML Notes:

To make a new paragraph:

Type <p> before your content and end the paragraph with </p>

To change alignment use the ALIGN attribute:
<p align=left>left text</p>

left text
<p align=center>center text</p>
center text
<p align=right>right text</p>
right text
Note: default alignment for the <P> tag is left

To make a bullet list:

Type <ul> to open the list
Precede each item in the list with <li> and end the item with </li>
If you wish to create a nested list, open a new <ul> and enter each sub-bullet point, close with </ul> and close the list with </li>
Type </ul> to close the list.

Example:

<ul>
  <li>Dogs
   <ul>
    <li>poodles</li>
   <li>Spaniels</li>
   <li>greyhound</li>
   </ul>
</li>
<li>Cats
<li>Birds
   <ul>
    <li>parrots</li>
    <li>crows</li>
    <li>turkey buzzards</li>
   </ul>
</li>
</ul>

generates:

Dogs

poodles

Spaniels

greyhound

Cats

Birds

parrots

crows

turkey buzzards

To make a numbered list:

Type <ol> to open the list
Precede each item in the list with <li> and end the item with </li>
If you wish to create a nested list, open a new <ol> and enter each sub-bullet point, close with </ol> and close the list with </li>
Type </ol> to close the list.

Example:

<ol>
  <li>Dogs
   <ul>
    <li>poodles</li>
   <li>Spaniels</li>
   <li>greyhound</li>
   </ul>
</li>
<li>Cats
<li>Birds
   <ul>
    <li>parrots</li>
    <li>crows</li>
    <li>turkey buzzards</li>
   </ul>
</li>
</ol>

generates:

Dogs

poodles

Spaniels

greyhound

Cats

Birds

parrots

crows

turkey buzzards

Note you can mix list types as long as you close them properly (do not overlap)

To make an image:

Type <img src="<sourcefilename>" width="<width in pixels>" height="<height in pixels>" alt="<alt>" border="<number>">
The sourcefilename must include valid path within the web directory where the image is located. ex: /images/fig1.gif. You must specify the image type extension
Example:
Example:

<img src="/images/decvarlogo.gif width="129" height="131" alt="Logo">

generates

Logo

To make a table:

Type <table> to open the table
Type <tr> to start a new row. You can modify the vertical alignment by using valign="top" or horizontal alignment by using align="center, left, right"
Type <td>to start each new cell. You can modify the vertical alignment by using valign="top" or horizontal alignment by using align="center, left, right"
Enter your text for this cell. You can nest tables by opening and closing a new table, row and cell before you close the holding cell.
Close each cell with </td> before opening a new one
Close your table row with </tr>
Close your table with </table>

Example:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>My text goes here</td>
    <td>More text goes here</td>
  </tr>
</table>

generates

My text goes here More text goes here

If all else fails, you can enclose your text with the <pre></pre> tags to have pre-formatted text.
Example:
<pre>
statement 1
statement 2
statement 3
statement 4
</pre>
Generates
statement 1 statement 2 statement 3 statement 4


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