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Simple Text Formatting
This is some <b>bold</b> text.
Other ways to emphasize text are <i>italics</> and <u>underline.</u>
It's simple to make text <big>bigger</big> or <small>smaller</small>
<blockquote>Text can be indented</blockquote>
Tags can be <b><i>combined</i></b>, but for
best results be sure to <s><big>close
tags</big></s> in the opposite order they were opened.
You can <font color="red">change</font> the <font color="green">colors</font> of your text.
(Supported colors: black, blue, fuchsia, green, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, teal.)
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This is some bold text.
Other ways to emphasize are italics and underline.
It's simple to make text bigger or smaller
Text can be indented.
Tags can be combined, but for best results be sure to close tags in the opposite order they were opened.
You can change the colors of your text.
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| Line breaks
<p>Text enclosed by the "p" tag is treated as a separate paragraph.</p>
<p>This usually indicates the text should be separated from surrounding text by an extra line.</p>
<p>The "br" tag causes<br>a single line break.</p>
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Text enclosed by the "p" tag is treated as a separate paragraph.
This usually indicates the text should be separated from surrounding text by an extra line.
The "br" tag causes
a single line break.
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Horizontal Lines
The "hr" tag creates a <hr> horizontal dividing line across the page
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The "hr" tag creates a
horizontal dividing line across the page |
Headers
The "h1" "h2" "h3" "h4" "h5"
and "h6" tags can be used to create <h1>Headers</h1>
<h3>of various</h3> <h6>sizes</h> |
The "h1" "h2" "h3" "h4" "h5" and "h6" tags can be used to create
Headers
of various
sizes
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Unordered lists
Breakfast:
<ul>
<li>Eggs</li>
<li>Bacon</li>
<li>Cap'n Crunch™</li>
</ul>
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Breakfast:
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Ordered lists
Business Plan:
<ol>
<li>Collect Underpants</li>
<li>?</li>
<li>Profit</li>
</ol>
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Business Plan:
- Collect Underpants
- ?
- Profit
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Dictionary lists
Per Bierce:
<dl>
<dt>Deliberation</dt>
<dd>The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.</dd>
<dt>Magic</dt>
<dd>An art of converting superstition into coin.</dd>
<dt>Vote</dt>
<dd>The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.</dd>
</dl>
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Per Bierce: - Deliberation
- The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
- Magic
- An art of converting superstition into coin.
- Vote
- The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Links to other pages
Creating links to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">external documents</a> is extremely simple. |
Creating links to external documents is extremely simple. |
Externally-hosted images
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Preformatted text
<pre>
In Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame baloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
</pre>
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In Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame baloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
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Tables
<table>
<tr><th>President</th><th>Inauguration</th></tr>
<tr><td>Fillmore</td><td>1850</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pierce</td><td>1853</td></tr>
<tr><td>Buchanan</td><td>1857</td></tr>
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| President | Inauguration |
| Fillmore |
1850 |
| Pierce |
1853 |
| Buchanan |
1857 |
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