The Web offers some excellent free HTML tutorials that will help you learn HTML in the easiest way possible. So, set aside a block of time, even an hour or two here and there, and go through these HTML tutorials. Before you can take an HTML tutorial, you need to have a software program called an HTML editor. Sure, you can use Notepad to create your HTML by hand, but HTML programs make things so much easier. Both Netscape and Internet Explorer come with a lite version of an HTML editor.
Word does too.
Or, you can visit Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications, which offers a wide assortment of freeware and shareware HTML editors. While at Stroud's, check out their FTP programs. Once you create a Web page, you'll need to upload that page to the Web. Once you download the HTML editor and FTP program, take some time to familiarize yourself with them before taking an HTML tutorial. Read over the Help file and take the software's tutorial, if available.