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| <html></html> Creates an HTML document
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| <head></head> Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself
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| <body></body> Sets off the visible portion of the document
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Header Tags | 
| <title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar
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| Body Attributes | 
| <body bgcolor=?> Sets the background color, using name or hex value
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| <body text=?> Sets the text color, using name or hex value
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| <body link=?> Sets the color of links, using name or hex value
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| <body vlink=?> Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value
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| <body alink=?> Sets the color of links on click
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| Text Tags | 
| <pre></pre> Creates preformatted text
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| <hl></hl> Creates the largest headline
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| <h6></h6> Creates the smallest headline
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| <b></b> Creates bold text
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| <i></i> Creates italic text
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| <tt></tt> Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text
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| <cite></cite> Creates a citation, usually italic
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| <em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
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| <strong></strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
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| <font size=?></font> Sets size of font, from 1 to 7)
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| <font color=?></font> Sets font color, using name or hex value
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| Links | 
| <a href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink
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| <a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> Creates a mailto link
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| <a name="NAME"></a> Creates a target location within a document
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| <a href="#NAME"></a> Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document
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| Formatting | 
| <p></p> Creates a new paragraph
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| <p align=?> Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center
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| <br> Inserts a line break
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| <blockquote> </blockquote>
 Indents text from both sides
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| <dl></dl> Creates a definition list
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| <dt> Precedes each definition term
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| <dd> Precedes each definition
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| <ol></ol> Creates a numbered list
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| <li></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number
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| <ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list
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| <div align=?> A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets
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| Graphical Elements | 
| <img src="name"> Adds an image
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| <img src="name" align=?> Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
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| <img src="name" border=?> Sets size of border around an image
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| <hr> Inserts a horizontal rule
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| <hr size=?> Sets size (height) of rule
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| <hr width=?> Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value
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| <hr noshade> Creates a rule without a shadow
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| Tables | 
| <table></table> Creates a table
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| <tr></tr> Sets off each row in a table
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| <td></td> Sets off each cell in a row
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| <th></th> Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text)
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Table Attributes | 
| <table border=#> Sets width of border around table cells
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| <table cellspacing=#> Sets amount of space between table cells
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| <table cellpadding=#> Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents
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| <table width=# or %> Sets width of table  in pixels or as a percentage of document width
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| <tr align=?> or <td align=?> Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right)
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| <tr valign=?> or <td valign=?> Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom)
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| <td colspan=#> Sets number of columns a cell should span
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| <td rowspan=#> Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)
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| <td nowrap> Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit
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| Frames | 
| <frameset></frameset> Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets
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| <frameset rows="value,value"> Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of w
idth
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| <frameset cols="value,value"> Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
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| <frame> Defines a single frame  or region  within a frameset
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| <noframes></noframes> Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames
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| Frames Attributes | 
| <frame src="URL"> Specifies which HTML document should be displayed
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| <frame name="name"> Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
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| <frame marginwidth=#> Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
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| <frame marginheight=#> Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
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| <frame scrolling=VALUE> Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes," "no," or "auto." The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto.
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| <frame noresize> Prevents the user from resizing a frame
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| Forms | 
| <form></form> Creates all forms
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| <select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select> Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.
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| <option> Sets off each menu item
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| <select name="NAME"></select> Creates a pulldown menu
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| <option> Sets off each menu item
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| <textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea> Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
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| <input type="checkbox" name="NAME"> Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
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| <input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x"> Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
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| <input type=text name="foo" size=20> Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
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| <input type="submit" value="NAME"> Creates a Submit button
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| <input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif"> Creates a Submit button using an image
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| <input type="reset"> Creates a Reset button
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