You may use a word processor, such as WordPerfect, but be very sure to save the document as simple text each time you modify it. Like those languages, HTML appears as formatting commands in a simple text document. Tags are contained within angle brackets. Violets are blue. Many tags in HTML follow this paired style, with the backslash in the closing tag switching the style change off.
Tags exist for italicizing and underlining, along with eight levels of headers.
In addition to these format tags, special tags are provided for links to other documents, images, tables, and so forth. If you want the browser to go to a new line, as after the comma in our first line of verse above, you must insert a tag to do it. Below are some basic instructions and guides for typing in text onto your web page. Books are also available in commercial bookstores on the subject. A Beginner's Guide to HTML .