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Here are a few other essential tags we can use when we are editing the text.

I. BOLD TEXT

You can add bold formatting to your text to give it more emphasis or make your page more
visually appealing. For example, you might make a company name bold in a paragraph or add
bold to a list of items.

To make text bold:

 Type <B> in front of the text you want to make your text bold.
 Type </B> at the end of the text.

<B> When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume
among the powers of the earth… --Declaration of Independence, 1776</B>

----Displays----

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers
of the earth… --Declaration of Independence, 1776

II. ITALICIZED TEXT

You can add italics to your text to give it more emphasis or make your page more visually
appealing. For example, you might make a description under a heading italic to distinguish it
from the rest of the page. Common uses for italicized text include emphasizing a new term or
setting apart the title of a literary work.

To make text italic:

 Type <I> in front of the text you want to make your text italic.
 Type </I> at the end of the text.

<I> …So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is
fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to
convert retreat into advance… --Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933</I>

----Displays----

…So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
advance… --Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933

Mr. Smith 1 Sachem High School North

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III. UNDERLINED TEXT

You can add underlining to your text for added emphasis. For example, you might underline a
term or an important name. Use caution when applying underling to web pages, however, as
some users will mistake the underlined text for a hyperlink.

To add an underline to text:

 Type <U> in front of the text you want to underline.

 Type </U> at the end of the text.

<U> I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…--Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1968</U>

----Displays----

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., 1968

IV. THE CENTER CODE

Another Method that we commonly use to emphasize information on a website is by Centering

Text on a webpage.

To Center text:

 Type <CENTER> in front of the text you want to Center.

 Type </CENTER> at the end of the text.

<CENTER>We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote
the general Welfare…--The Constitution, 1791</CENTER>

----Displays----

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare…
--The Constitution, 1791

Mr. Smith 2 Sachem High School North