Real Dimensions

Here are is some basic HTML code that can be used to jazz up a web page. I will cover how to bold, italicize and underline text, as well as change the color of text.

There are better ways of accomplishing these task such as using CSS, but I will cover that another time.

Lets start with centering some text.

If you'd like your text to be centered, you can use the <center> tag. Like all HTML tags, it will need to be closed, you do this with the </center> tag. Although this tag is no longer considered to be in active use by the W3C, it is still usable today.

EXAMPLE;

<center>Follow the white rabbit</center>  

You also have the option of using the <p> tag to center a paragraph of text.  At the start of the paragraph, you would enter the tag <p style="text-align: center;"> and close the tag with </p>.  This is the correct way to center text, using CSS (cascading style sheets).

EXAMPLE;

 <p style="text-align: center;"> A paragraph about the white rabbit </p>

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