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Creating Paragraphs and Line Breaks 17
Creating Paragraphs and Line Breaks
Within the section of the document, you type the text that will appear on the
Web page. Each paragraph of text should be enclosed in a two-sided tag that indicates
its type.
The most basic paragraph type is the body paragraph, indicated by the tag. It is a
two-sided tag, so the paragraph text is placed between a and a .
Note In HTML, the code will still work even if the is omitted; in XHTML, it won’t. However,
even if you never plan on coding in XHTML, it is a good practice to include the tag. This
way, you won’t fall into any sloppy habits.
When a browser displays a Web page, it inserts vertical white space between paragraphs:
That spacing is usually convenient, but it can be a problem when the extra space
between lines is unwanted, such as with an address.
To create a line break without officially starting a new paragraph (and thereby adding
that extra white space), use the tag. This is a one-sided tag placed within a paragraph,
at the end of each line, like this:
David Jaffe
317-555-8882