Transcript lab 3

Line Breaks, Paragraphs, lists
Lab3
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Paragraph tag
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<br> break lines
You can also divide text using paragraphs. A
paragraph starts on a new line.
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<p> </p>
<PRE> </PRE>
example
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Write the followings using <p> <pre> to see the difference
<p>First paragraph</p>
<p>Second paragraph</p>
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Cont.
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Align:
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attributes
<P ALIGN="left"> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> </P>
<P ALIGN="right"> </P>
dir : direction
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ltr :left to right
rtl :right to left
Example :
<BODY>
<P ALIGN="left">You can align text in left.</P>
<P ALIGN="center">You can align text in center.</P>
<P ALIGN="right">You can align text in right.</P>
</BODY>
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Indented Text
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have a text that is indented from both sides of web page you can
use <BLOCKQUOTE> tag. Text that is enclosed in this tag will
have a margin from left and right of your web page.
Example
<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
In cases that you want to emphasis on a paragraph in your
text you can use this tag. It will indent your text from both sides.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</BODY>
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Attribute:
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dir
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Lists
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There are two types of lists:
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unordered lists: list items start with bullets
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Ordered list : list items start with numbers.
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<UL></UL>
<ol> </ol>
Definition lists (dictionary): used for displaying lists of words with blocks of
descriptive text.
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<dl> </dl> :
List item
Example :
<BODY>
<UL>
<LI>Text Links </LI>
<LI>Image Links </LI>
<LI>Email Links </LI>
<LI>List of Items </LI>
</UL>
</BODY>
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Change <ul> tag to <ol> tag
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Definition lists
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It has two tags in:
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<dl> </dl> :used to mark the beginning and the end of the
entire list.
<dt> tag : definition term
<dd> definition itself
Ex:
<dl>
<dt> web site</dt>
<dd> consists of several pages</dd>
<dt> protocol</dt>
<dd> rules or standards that control the
transferring of the data</dd>
</dl>
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Nested lists
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List can be nested within another list
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Cont.
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Unordered list attributes:
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List attributes
type (circle- square-disc)
Dir (ltr-rtl)
Ordered List attribute :
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start
type (A- a-i-I……)
dir
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Horizontal Separator Rule
Another useful html tag that you will use, is
<HR> tag. If you need to separate text in your
web page by horizontal lines , you may use
this tag.
<BODY>
<p> First section </p>
<HR>
<p>Second section </p>
</BODY>
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Cont.
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Width
 <HR WIDTH="50%">
 <HR WIDTH="100">
attributes
width in percent
width in pixels
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Size:
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determine line size parameter to change line diameter.
<HR size=5>
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Noshade :
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change the rule to a solid line instead of a shaded line.
<hr size=3 noshade>
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Color : determine Color for your line:
 <HR color="#000000">
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Align:
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Note: you can mix parameters with each other.
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Special characters
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Certain symbols or characters to be entered
in the web page using a single key or
character.
Example:
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&copy;
&lt
&gt
&amp
&frac12
&frac14
©
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½
¼
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Cont. Space between texts
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Browser does not show more than one space
between to words even if you have entered a
hundred spaces between them in html
source.
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Use special character : &nbsp; non breaking space
<BODY>
<p>Here we insert 5
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; extra
spaces</p>
</BODY>
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