Text Design Essay, Research Paper

TagDescriptionArguments for TagNotes

aanchor (hypertext link) named anchor (bookmark)

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

bbold

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

blockquotequote char style

bodybody / document preferencesNetScape 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.

brline break

citecitations char style

codecode (monospace font) char style

dfndefinition char style

dir(same as “ul”)

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

ememphasis char style

h1headingsExtensions: align={left, center, right}

h2

h3

h4

h5

h6

headdocument header

hrhorizontal ruleStandard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: size, width, align, noshadeexts not supported

htmldocument markup

iitalic

imginline imageStandard: 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.

kbdkeyboard input char style

lilist 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”)

olordered listStandard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: type={A, a, I, i, *1} start={restart value}exts not supported

pnew paragraphExtensions: align={left, center, right}

prepreformated 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.

sampsample char style

strongstrong char style

titledocument titleTitle is displayed in the division tab

tttypewriter font char style

uunderline

ul, dirunordered listStandard: no arguments Netscape Extensions: type={disc, *circle, square bullet}exts not supported

varvariable char style

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

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

NETSCAPE EXTENSIONS TO HTML

*!– xxx *comment

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

big, smallchanges to a smaller/larger font size relative to current font sizeNote: 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

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

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