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Introduction to Netscape Composer

 

HTML Tags

 
     
  HTML pages are made up of tags. Tags are used by browses to display the contents of a web page. When using a WYSIWYG html editor the tags are constructed automatically. However knowing what tags do and how to use tags can help a user customize a web page. Refer to the Tag Reference Sheet for a list of the most commonly used tags.  
     
 

Common Tags

 
     
  An easy way to see what tags are used to control forming on a page using Netscape Composer is to open a page in Netscape Composer then change views to the Source View by clicking on the '<HTML> Source' tab.  
     
   
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  As you can see in the second window the title "HTML is Easy To Learn" uses the <h1> and </h1> tags. These tags are simply 'heading one' tags. The first tag, <h1> is called the opening tag. The second tag, </h1> is a closing tag because of the use of a forward slash "/" - "</>". Most tags use a closing tag that includes the forward slash. The exception to this is the break or <br> tag. The <br> is interpatated by the browser as a line break.
 
     
  Many tags can be used to configure an HTML page. The demo page "Tags and Effects" is an example of a few basic tags. How tags are used and their effect on the HTML page. After viewing the page Tags and Effect in a browser look at the code used to construct the page.