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It allows you to build tables.

                      It is a very easy and simple language.
                      It allows you to add a link on the web page.

                      It provides a flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
                  Hypertext

                  Hypertext is a piece of ordinary text that has special feature of linking to other documents or
                  web pages.
                  Markup Language

                  It is a language that uses special symbols called Tags to mark up a text document and instructs
                  the browser how to display the text.

                  Tools Needed

                  You require two basic tools for working with HTML:
                      HTML editor for creating and saving the HTML documents.

                      A web browser for viewing the HTML documents. A web browser is an application software
                      that allows you to access the web pages on your computer. Some commonly used web
                      browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.
                  Types of HTML Editor

                  There are mainly two types of HTML editors named WYSIWYG editor and Text editor. Let us
                  now discuss these editors.

                  WYSIWYG Editor
                  WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get. This type of editors allow the developer
                  to see what the end result will look like when the document is created. These editors provide
                  various tools and graphical interface where the web pages are designed. Examples of WYSIWYG
                  editors are Adobe Dreamweaver, Amaya, Google Web Designer.

                  Text Editor

                  You can create HTML documents using normal text editors like Notepad or Wordpad. The user
                  should have a proper knowledge of the HTML commands to develop a web page.
                      HTML TAGS AND ATTRIBUTES

                  As you know that HTML is a markup language. It uses tags to markup the content of the web
                  pages. These tags also have their attributes.

                  Let us learn more about tags and attributes.
                  Tags

                  Tags are the basic building blocks of a web page. They tell the browser how the information is
                  to be displayed on the web page. Tags do not appear in the browser window but they affect the
                  display of the text and non-text items in it. Each tag in HTML follows specific rules and syntax.
                  HTML tags are not case sensitive.


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