Some Commonly Used HTML Tags








Tags 


Use




(<HTML>. . . </HTML>)* 
The entire HTML document



(<HEAD> . . . </HEAD>)* 
The head, or prologue, of the HTML document



(<BODY> . . . </BODY>)*
All the other content in the HTML document



<TITLE> . . . </TITLE>
The title of the document



<H1> . . . </H1>  
First-level heading large text size 



<H2> . . . </H2> 
Second-level heading



<H3> . . . </H3> 
Third-level heading



<H4> . . . </H4> 
Fourth-level heading



<H5> . . . </H5> 
Fifth-level heading



<H6> . . . </H6> 
Sixth-level heading small text size



<P> . . . (</P>)* 
Paragraph Hitting a return in the HTML file will not make a new paragraph when the file is viewed. You need to use this tag to make a new paragraph.



<BR> 
Line Break This tag will show a blank line.



<HR> 
Horizontal Rule Creates a horizontal line on the page.



<!- . . . -> 
Comment The comments you write in the middle will not show up on the page when viewed. 



<A href=> . . . </A> 
Link (A=Anchor) links the current HTML file  to another file.
Example: <A HREF="menu.html">Go back to Main Menu</A>
This will display the file which is named in the quotes. The name of the
link, which is the colored words you actually see goes between the first
> and the second <. Here, the name of the link is Go back to the
Main Menu Another example is :
<A HREF="http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/">ILTNet</A>  This link will take you to another page on the Internet. You can see the Internet
address in the quotes.



<DL>
	   
<DT>
	   
<DD> 

	</DL>   


Definition list  Put <DL> at the beginning, </DL>
at the end, and <DT> for each :definition term" in the list. Use
<DD> for each "definition" of each term. The definition will be
indented.


	<DL>
	   
<DT>Item One
	   
<DD>Item One Definition

	</DL>



<IMG SRC="image.gif">  
Inline Image Put the name of the graphic (.gif or .jpg) in the
quotes.



<B> . . . </B>    
Bold Makes text bold 



<I> . . . </I>   
Italic Makes text italic 



<font size="+3"...</font>   
Font Size This tag is used to change the size of the font.
It is better than using the header tag to make the font appear
bigger.




	<table> 

	
<TR> 
	
<TD> 
	
</TD> 
	
</TR> 

	</Table>             	 

 

	"Table"=Starts a table.
	
"TR" (Table Row) =  Starts a row.
	
"TD" (Table Data) = Starts a cell to enter data.
	
"/TD" = Puts an End to data entry.
	
"/TR" = Puts an end to a row.

	"/table" = Ends Table.






( )* optional



==>> This document was originally created by 
 Tom Gantz, Computer Analyst
at Teachers College, Columbia University. 






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