Appendix E: Using HTML in Text Blocks

Appendix E: Using HTML in Text Blocks - for advanced users

If you would like to customize your web page further, you can add your own HTML codes. Below is a list of some of the more common ones. Remember to de-select the "I am not using my own HTML coding" from the options list.

Most HTML which changes the appearance of text consists of a pair of codes enclosed in less than and greater than symbols. Some HTML codes (such as the   code) work with a single code instead of a pair. The following table demonstrates several common HTML text codes.

HTML Code Appearance

This is bold text This is bold text

This is italic text This is italic text

<tt>This is typewriter text</tt> This is typewriter text

This changes the font size This changes the font size

Placing in a line causes a line break (carriage return) Placing a
in a line causes a line break (carriage return)

This changes the font color This changes the font color

HTML Code	Appearance
`<b>This is bold text</b>`	This is bold text
`<i>This is italic text</i>`	This is italic text
`<tt>This is typewriter text</tt>`	`This is typewriter text`
`<font size="+1">This changes the font size</font>`	This changes the font size
`Placing <br> in a line causes a line break (carriage return)`	Placing a in a line causes a line break (carriage return)
`<font color="red">This changes the font color</font>`	This changes the font color

Clickable email addresses

In order to make a clickable email hotlink, prepend the text mailto: to the email address and use the standard xxLINKxx hotlink mechanism. For example:

xxLINKxx(mailto:joe@noplace.org,Send email to Joe)

produces:

Send email to Joe

Appendix E: Using HTML in Text Blocks - for advanced users

Clickable email addresses

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