111op

Hi, I've just finally bothered to experiment with this.

To get boldface, italics or to underline a phrase, one formats using html.

For example, for boldface, surround the text with < B > phrase < / B >. (To get the formatting, there're no spaces between <,B,>,/.

Like this:

<b> phrase </b>

To get italics, use I for B.

<i> phrase </i>

To underline, use U for B.

<u> phrase </u>

This can help make long passages easier to read.

Other tips?

ira

Hi op,

&gt;This can help make long passages easier to read.&lt;

They are even easier to read if one uses &quot;enter&quot; at the end of each paragraph.

111op

Well, I'm assuming that we're past the kindergarten level and we know what &quot;ttt&quot; means.



I still haven't bothered with the smileys yet.

By the way, some useful html tags:

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/list.html

I don't really program in html, so I never learned this, but I guess a casual knowledge is useful. I've always wanted to at least use boldface, italics or underline a phrase.

Anyway, I do appreciate it when people put a little thought into making their prose easier on the eyes.

Dick

Ira...you are assuming that people know where a paragraph ends

ira

&gt; I'm assuming that we're past the kindergarten level and we know what &quot;ttt&quot; means. &lt;

That's true for you and me.

&gt;I do appreciate it when people put a little thought into making their prose easier on the eyes.&lt;

Amen, brother.

You realize, <i>do you not</i>, that we shall now have <u>dozens of posts</u> using <b>these hints of yours</b>?

MikeBuckley

Nah, we only need to know when the next paragraph begins, not where the previous one ends.

MikeBuckley

Ira, don't forget the <i><b><u>combinations.</u></b></i>

111op

Well, ira, I <b> certainly </b> hope so.

111op

If you're going to do combinations, don't forget to close the tags in reverse order. For example, if you start with B, then I, close the tags with I then B.

I <b><i> think </i></b> that's how it's gone. Let's see if this works.

ira

I wonder if it works on smileys.

<u</u>

<i</i>

<b</b>

<u><i><b</b></i></u>

ira

Nope

elaine

Could you do a version of the above instructions &quot;for dummies&quot;?
I mean step by step, everything that comes after &quot;type in your text&quot;.

111op

Hi elaine, I'll try it again.

Say you want the word &quot;this&quot; in bold.

You need to surround that word with the tags (the funny looking &lt; B &gt;, etc.).

So, you actually type this: &lt; B &gt; this &lt; / B &gt;.

The / is the slash on your keyboard.

Now, to get &quot;this&quot; to actually come out in bold, leave no spaces between the slash and B and between the B and &lt; and &gt; symbols.

Try and see if you can get

<b> this </b>.

You can always hit &quot;Preview my reply&quot; to see if the experiment has worked and delete the post if it didn't and try again (so no one will see your failed attempts).

111op

By the way, you can obviously make a whole phrase bold. The tags go around the phrase (not around each word), so it's pretty effortless.

<b> Give this a try. </b>

Dick

<b>Eureka !</b>

Robespierre

If you don't understand all that stuff about leaving out spaces, just type your text like this:

&lt;B&gt;<b>This is bold</b>&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;U&gt;<u>This is underlined</u>&lt;/U&gt;
&lt;I&gt;<i>This is italic</i>&lt;/I&gt;

111op

That's clever, Robespierre. So having two sets of tags obviously doesn't affect the apperance more than having one set of tags.

elaine

<b>I just did, thanks</b>

AnselmAdorne

I love this stuff. I'd like to credit Rex with teaching me how to use italics. It was on a previous thread on smileys:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34488030

Anselm

111op

That's excellent. I tried searching the forum (boldface, italics) -- couldn't find any threads on this.

And, by the way, an entry for this in the Paris superthread, so you'll always know where to find this.