6b. HTML Formatting

Text formatting

1. What does this example demonstate?This text is bold
2. How can you format text in an HTML document? HTML uses tags like <b> and <i> for formatting output, like bold or italic text.

Preformatted text

1. What does this example demonstate?<pre></pre>
2. Why would you use preformatted text?It preserves both spaces and line breaks.

"Computer output" tags

1. What does this example demonstate?Defines computer code text
2. What are "computer output" tags used to display? <code>

Address

1. What does this example demonstate?
2. Type your address in an HTML document.

Abbreviations and acronyms

1. What does this example demonstate?to define contact information for the author/owner of an HTML document. 
2. What is an acronym?An acronym can be spoken as if it were a word, example NATO, NASA, ASAP, GUI.
3. What attribute is used for Abbreviations and acronyms?<abbr>
4. Write an example of an acronym. <abbr title="Introduction">Intro.</abbr>

Text direction

1. What does this example demonstate?If your browser supports bi-directional override 
2. Why would you ever want to change text direction? If you want the new direction to be the default for new documents

Quotations

1. What does this example demonstate?<blockquote></blockquote>
2. How would you handle a long quotation in HTML? A short quotation in HTML?The browser inserts quotation marks around the short quotation.The browser inserts white space before and after a blockquote element. It also inserts margins.

Deleted and inserted text

1. What does this example demonstate?Notice that browsers will strikethrough deleted text and underline inserted text.
2. What happens to deleted text in most browsers?the word would get crossed out.
3. What happens to inserted text in most browsers?the word would be in front of the crossed out word.
4. Describe how you would view HTML source code in a web browser? <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>