Formatting Tips for PageOut® - Simple HTML Tag Reference

With PageOut® you may manually type or paste HTML markup tags into any of  the PageOut® text entry areas to improve formatting.  Below is a simple reference to some basic tags.

To format text to show up in finished pages with specific attributes, you must in many (but not all) cases use a beginning tag (where you want the attribute to begin), and an ending tag (Where you want the attribute to end).

Different tags may be used in conjunction with one another for combined results.

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Paragraph Break

Use this tag to separate paragraphs in your document.

Tag:  <p>

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Line Break (Hard Return)

Use this tag to begin a new line.

Tag:  <br>

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Bold

Use this set of tags to display text in bold.

Beginning Tag:  <b>

Ending Tag:      </b>

Example:  <b>ABC</b>         Produces ABC in the finished page.

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Underline

Use this set of tags to display text as underlined.

Beginning Tag:  <u>
Ending Tag:      </u>

Example:  <u>ABC</u>         Produces ABC in the finished page.

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Italics

Use this set of tags to display text in italics.

Beginning Tag:  <i>
Ending Tag:      </i>

Example:  <i>ABC</i>          Produces ABC in the finished page.

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Hypertext Links

Use this set of tags along with a URL(Website address) and some descriptive text to create a hypertext link in your document.

In the following example, http://www.mhhe.com is the URL(Website Address) and ABC is the descriptive text.

Beginning Tag:  <a href="http://www.mhhe.com"> ABC
Ending Tag:      </a>

The above produces a Hypertext Link called ABC.  When the user clicks on ABC, they will go to the address specified in quotations.

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Bullet Points

Use this set of tags to display text as bulleted.

Beginning Tag:  <li>

Ending Tag:       </li>

Example:  <li>ABC</li>

Produces

in the finished page.

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Horizontal Line (Horizontal Rule)

Use this tag to insert a horizontal line into your document.

Tag: <hr>

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Heading 1

Beginning Tag:  <h1>
Ending Tag:      </h1>

Results can vary depending on browser.

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Heading 2

Beginning Tag:  <h2>
Ending Tag:      </h2>

Results can vary depending on browser.

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Heading 3

Beginning Tag:  <h3>
Ending Tag:      </h3>

Results can vary depending on browser.

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Font Color

Beginning Tag:  <font color="blue">
Ending Tag:      </font>

Example:  <font color="blue">ABC</font>:          Produces ABC in the finished page.

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