Nowadays, the most common web browsers like MS Explorer and Netscape Communicator contain so-called WYSIWYG HTML editors. These editors can be a great help for web page designers. However, more editors exist, visit

HTML 4 is becoming the standard, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-HTML40 gives a description.

Some HTML editors: HotDog for Windows - shareware - download
HTML Assistant Pro for Windows - information
HTMLed for Windows - shareware - download
HotMetal Pro - download HotMetal

Some less commonly known HTML features
<BR CLEAR=LEFT> lets you type text directly below a previously entered picture.
Between the tags <PRE> and </PRE> you can still use HTML codes, for instance a line break (<BR>).
The <:XMP> tag shows the text in between as it is, see
<:XMP>

Show<BR>me!<:/XMP>

Other possibilities:
<LISTING>text</LISTING> <PLAINTEXT> (no end tag!)

The default base font size is 3, To change this into for instance 4, start with the tag <BASEFONT SIZE=4>
A nice feature: Copyright ©1999.
Aligning text:

<CENTER>center</CENTER>

align left
align right

Normal

indented text
Normal again

Some new symbols: ± ° ÷ ½ ¼ ¾ « »
Nice, uh...

Created March 15, 1999