HTML documents can contain a variety of text formatting options, similar to the formatting done with a word processor. For an HTML document however, you need to enter codes for the specific formatting you want. The computer then reads these codes and performs the formatting. In most cases a code must be entered to turn the formatting on and to turn the formatting off. With many HTML editor programs you can type in the code or make a toolbar or menu selection to enter the codes.
Some editors also have keyboard shortcuts for commonly used codes.
Generally text is unformatted in your Web documents. However, to emphasize specific letters, words, or phrases you can use some text formatting options including boldfacing and italicizing. Depending on your browser, you may also be able to add underlining to emphasize characters. The following examples show the code for boldfacing and italicizing. This is bold.