Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
What it is
When to use it
<a>
Anchor (most
commonly a link)
<abbr>
Defines an
abbreviation
<ACRONYM>
Defines an acronym
<ADDRESS>
<APPLET>
<AREA>
<BASE>
location of the
document.
<BASEFONT>
<BIG>
Larger text
<BLINK>
<BLOCKQUOTE> Large quoted block of Use for any quoted text that
text
constitutes one or more paragraphs
(note: should contain <p> tags as
well). Use <q> for quotations within a
paragraph. Often used in conjunction
with <cite> to cite the quotations
source.
<BODY>
Document body
<BR>
Line break
<B>
Bold text
<BUTTON>
<CAPTION>
table
<CENTER>
Centred block
<CITE>
Defines a citation
<CODE>
Defines an extract of
code
<COL>
Identifies a particular
column in a table
<DFN>
Definition of a term
<DIR>
Directory list
<DIV>
Division
Definition list
<DT>
Definition term
<DD>
Definition description
<EM>
Emphasis
<FONT>
Font settings
<FORM>
Input form
<H1>
Level 1 header
<H2>
Level 2 header
<H3>
Level 3 header
<H4>
Level 4 header
<H5>
Level 5 header
<H6>
Level 6 header
<HEAD>
Document head
<HR>
Horizontal rule
<HTML>
<IMG >
Show an image
<INPUT>
<ISINDEX>
<I>
Italicised text
<KBD>
Keyboard input
<LINK>
<LI>
List item
<MAP>
<MARQUEE>
See <blink>
<MENU>
<META>
Meta-information
<OL>
Ordered list
<OPTION>
<PARAM>
<PRE>
Preformatted text
Paragraph
<Q>
Short quotation
<SAMP>
Denotes sample
output text
<SCRIPT>
<SELECT>
Selection list
<SMALL>
Smaller text
<SPAN>
<Strikeout>
<STRONG>
Strong emphasis
<STYLE>
<SUB>
Subscript text
<SUP>
Superscript text
<TABLE>
Table
<TD>
<TEXTAREA>
Essential
<TH>
<TBODY>
<THEAD>
<TFOOT>
<TITLE>
Document title
Essential
<TR>
Table row
<TT>
<UL>
Unordered list
<U>
Underline text
<VAR>
Variable in computer
code