HTML commands all start with a "< " followed by one or more letters. The command is completed with ">". Many commands have an end of command marker. It is identical to the commnd except the < is followed by a slash - /. To insert a line break, you need only use the command "< BR>". The paragraph command usually brackets the paragraph, so it starts with "< P>" at the beginning of the paragraph and ends with "< /P>" at the end of the paragraph.
Format in HTML has two basic forms font and actual format. Normally fonts are specified as H1...H6 for headers and PRE for preformatted. While it is possible to specify font names and styles, there is no guarantee the viewer will have that font and/or style available on their computer. For best possible range stay away from any HTML that is not universally recognized. Commands available in Red Edit will work on most browsers.
In addition to specifying fonts, you can format the appearance of your document. Paragraph and line break are frequently used, but you may also want bold or italic type. You may want to center an item, color or resize specific sections of type or specify colors for the entire document. You can also create lists (numbered, lettered or simply bulleted).
There are two major page layout commands. One is the table command. This creates a rectangular grid on which you may place text and/or multimedia. The second is frames. Frames create a page that displays links to other pages in a rectangular grid that is specified in percent of the row or column occupied by each of the pages.
There are essentially two types of link.You may incorporate multimedia into your document, by establishing a link to an external multimedia file. You may also provide a link to another file, which when clicked opens the other file.
A special type of link is to an external Java class file. This is an Applet. Applets are programs that are downloaded to the machine of the person viewing the page (the Client) and run on that machine. Java is uniquely suited for this purpose since it will run on most types of machines. Some Applets contact the machine hosting the web page (Server) and ask for services from that machine.