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Author: Randy D. Ralph. In place March 1, 1999. Copyright © 1999 NetStrider. Presented as a public service.
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<EM> emphasized text </EM> Changes the style of enclosed text to emphasized (italics).
Preferred command: <I>.
See also: <ADDRESS>.

<EMBED SRC="object URL" params>
Command Parameters:
border= height= hspace= vspace= width=
Unpaired Tag

Embeds the specified object, generally another file, within the current page either in the foreground or the background.
See also: <BGSOUND> for music files.

<FIELDSET>
some text . . .
</FIELDSET>

Interpretted only by the Internet Explorer browser.
Defines and contains a bordered text field. Useful in creating forms.
See also: <LEGEND>.

<FONT params> text </FONT>

Command Parameters:
color= face= size=
Defines the color, font size and font face used for display of the enclosed text.
See also: <BASEFONT>, <SPAN>

<FORM params>form elements</FORM>

Command Parameters:
action= enctype= method=
See also: FIELDSET, INPUT, LABEL, LEGEND, OPTION, SELECT, TEXTAREA.
Contains and defines a form. Form elements and parameters govern how the form will function.

<FRAME SRC="URL" params>
Command Parameters:
border= bordercolor= frameborder/noframeborder framespacing= marginheight= marginwidth= name= noresize scrolling=
Unpaired Tag

Contains and defines a single frame within a document set in frames. The document referenced by the URL is loaded into the frame for display.
See also: <FRAMESET>,

<FRAMESET>
frameset contents <FRAME>s or
other <FRAMESET>s.
</FRAMESET>
Command Parameters:
cols= border= bordercolor= frameborder= rows=
Defines a single set of frames or the entire framed environment for the web page. Can contain FRAMEs and other FRAMESETs.
See also: <FRAME>, <NOFRAMES>

<H_n params> some heading text </H_n>
Where n is in the range from 1 to 6.
Command Parameters:
align=
Defines document headings or headlines where n is defined in the range from 1 (the largest) to 6 (the smallest).
Obviously n must match in both members of the tag pair.
Note: Headings force line breaks with white space above and below and appear bolded to separate them clearly from normal document text.

<HEAD>
document head segment content
</HEAD> Defines and contains the document head segment. The head segment declares certain properties to the Internet and sets defaults for the entire page.
See also: <BODY> and <HTML>

<HR params>
Command Parameters:
height= noshade size= width=
Unpaired Tag

Defines a horizontal rule or divider on the web page.

<HTML>
contains the HTML document
</HTML> Defines the document as in the HTML command language and contains the document head and body segments.
See also: <BODY> and <HEAD>

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