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<BODY> Tag
The BODY section (pair of <BODY> ... </BODY> tags) specifies the main contents of a document i.e., the
contents (text and image) of the document used to be displayed in the web pages, are composed within
this tag. Text matter, images and links to other web pages are also added within the body section. The
BODY tag starts immediately after closing the <HEAD> tag. Both (HEAD and BODY) the tags are written
within HTML tag. Syntax of the <BODY> tag is as follows:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> The text written here is displayed on the title bar of the browser.
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
.............
............. The contents composed here are displayed in the document.
.............
.............
</BODY>
</HTML>
<BODY> Tag
Type Function Attributes Contains Used Inside
Container tag Defines the BACKGROUND, All visible content like Always placed
main content BGCOLOR, headings, paragraphs, within the <html>
of the web TEXT, LINK, images, etc. tag.
page displayed ALINK, VLINK,
to users. TOPMARGIN,
LEFTMARGIN
CREATING AN HTML DOCUMENT
An HTML document can be created by using simple text editor like Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text,
Notepad++, Atom, Vim, Emacs, etc. To view the content of the document, one can use a web browser like
Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.
Perform the following steps to open Notepad:
Step 1: Click on the Start button located at the bottom left corner of your screen.
Step 2: In the search bar, type "Notepad."
Step 3: Select Notepad from the results.
Step 4: The Notepad window appears. Type the HTML
code here.
Step 5: Next, you need to save the file. Click on the
File button in the menu bar.
Step 6: Select Save As from the drop-down menu.
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