Basics: Enter and Format Text

Enter Text Create a New Paragraph Create a Line Break		Add Bold Text Add Italic Text Underline Text Align Text
	You can easily affect the style of web page text by applying some simple formatting tags.
Review: Tour Notepad	Use Notepad to open your template.htm file. Insert your cursor between the two <BODY> tags. Remember that only material that is inserted between the <BODY> tags will appear in the browser window when you display your page.		Review: Create a Page
	Remember that when you save this file, you will use the File, Save as command and give the file a new name.
Enter Some Text	Type some text of your own choosing, perhaps a paragraph that summarizes the content and purpose of your personal web site.		Hint: To more easily read the words on your screen, select Format, Word Wrap on Notepad's main menu bar.
	HTML will pay no attention to line spacing or tabbing. To make a new sentence start on a new line or to create a double space between paragraphs, you have to apply a tag.
Create a New Paragraph	To start a new paragraph use the <P>tag in front of the new paragraph's text. The <P> tag requires no closing tag. When you look at the text in a browser, there will be a double space at each point where you inserted the <P> tag.
Create a Line Break	A line break forces the text to a new line, but does not start a new paragraph. Use the <BR> tag to create a line break. The <BR> tag requires no closing tag.
	Type a few paragraphs and experiment with both the <P> tag and the <BR> tag. Save the file and preview it in your browser.
Add Bold Text	Apply the <B></B> tags to the text you wish to display in boldface.
Example: <B>This is boldface text.</B> This is boldface text.
Add Italic Text	Apply the <I></I> tags to the text you wish to italicize.
Example: I enjoyed reading <I>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</I>. I enjoyed reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Underline Text	Apply the <U></U> tags to the text you wish to underline. IMPORTANT: Don't use the underline tags in a web page. Since all hyperlinks are underlined by default, the visitor is likely to believe that any underlined text is a hyperlink.
Align a Paragraph	To align the text in a paragraph use the ALIGN attribute in the <P> tag and specify the direction of the alignment. Ex. <P ALIGN="[direction]"> where [direction] is left, right or center. Thus <P ALIGN="right"> will force the entire paragraph to the right of the browser screen.
	I used the ALIGN attribute to push this text to the right end of the monitor screen.
	You can also center a portion of text by applying the <CENTER></CENTER> tags to the material you want to center.