Commonly Used HTML Codes

Commonly Used HTML Codes

Header tags
HTML Code	Sample
<H1>Header 1</H1>	Header 1
<H2>Header 2</H2>	Header 2
<H3>Header 3</H3>	Header 3
<H4>Header 4</H4>	Header 4
<H5>Header 5</H5>	Header 5
<H6>Header 6</H6>	Header 6

Text formatting tags
HTML Code	Sample
<B>bold</B>	bold
<U>underline</U>	underline
<I>italic</I>	italic

Alignment tags
HTML Code	Sample
<P ALIGN=Left>your text	your text
<P ALIGN=Center>your text	your text
<P ALIGN=Right>your text	your text

Ordered list (numbers)
HTML Code	Sample
<OL> <LI>First row <LI>Second row </OL>	1.     First row 2.     Second row

Unordered list (bullets)
HTML Code	Sample
<UL> <LI>First row <LI>Second row </UL>	First row Second row

Definition list
HTML Code	Sample
<DL> <DT>Term <DD>Description </DL>	Term Description

Horizontal line tag
HTML Code	Sample
<HR>
<HR SIZE=6 WIDTH=50%>

Break tags
HTML Code	Description
<P>	Paragraph break
<BR>	Forced line break

Indentation tag
HTML Code	Sample
Here is some text. <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Here is one line of indented text.<BR> Here is another line of indented text. </BLOCKQUOTE>	Here is some text. Here is one line of indented text. Here is another line of indented text.

External link tags
HTML Code	Sample
<A HREF="filename or URL">description</A> For example: <A HREF="filename or URL">CNN</A>	CNN

Internal link tag (anchor tag)
HTML Code	Sample
<A NAME="anchor name">Section name</A> For example: <A NAME="anchor name">Introduction</A>	Introduction

Internal link tag (link tag)
HTML Code	Sample
<A HREF="#anchor name">Destination</A> For example: <A HREF="#anchor name">Introduction</A>	Introduction

Graphic tags
HTML Code	Sample
<IMG SRC="balloon.gif"> (By default, the graphic is left aligned.)
<IMG SRC="balloon.gif" Align=right>
<P ALIGN=Center> <IMG SRC="balloon.gif">
<IMG SRC="balloon.gif" Align=right Vspace=20>
<IMG SRC="balloon.gif" Align=left Hspace=30>