This presentation will describe about the basic HTML Tags

1. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
CLASS X (Code 165)
TOPIC:
UNIT 2: Basic HTML Tags
By
HIMANSHU PATHAK

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Types of HTML Tags
– Paired Tags
– Un-paired Tags
– Self-closing Tags
– Utility-based Tags
• Basic HTML Tags

3. Introduction
• HTML tags are like keywords which defines that
how web browser will format and display the
content.
• All HTML tags must enclosed within < > these
angular brackets.
• HTML tags are used to create HTML documents.
• Every tag in HTML perform different tasks.
• When a web browser reads an HTML document,
browser reads it from top to bottom and left to
right.

4. Types of HTML Tags
• Paired Tags: An HTML tag is known as a paired tag
when the tag consists of an opening tag and a
closing tag as its companion tag.
– Example :
<p> This text is a paragraph . </p>
<b> This is a bold text </b>
• Unpaired Tags: An HTML tag is called an unpaired
tag when the tag only has an opening tag and does
not have a closing tag or a companion tag.
– Example:
<hr> Here, the <hr> is the unpaired tag used to create a
horizontal line.

5. Cont…
• Self-closing Tags: Self-Closing Tags are those
HTML tags that do not have a partner tag, where
the first tag is the only necessary tag that is valid
for the formatting.
• The main and important information is contained
WITHIN the element as its attribute.
• Example:
<img src="a.jpg" alt="This is an alternate text">

6. Cont…
• Formatting Tags: The HTML tags that help us in
the formatting of the texts like the size of the
text, font styles, making a text bold, etc.
• Tables, divisions, and span tags are also those
tags that help format a web page or document
and set the layout of the page.
• Example:
<u> Statements... </u>

7. Cont…
• Control Tags: These are the tags that are used in
managing content or managing scripts or
libraries that are external.
• All the form tags, drop-down lists, input text
boxes, etc., are used in interacting with the
visitor or the user.

8. HTML Basic Tags
• Heading Tags: It is used to define the heading of
html document.
– There are 6 different types of heading in HTML h1 to
h6.
– The <h1> defines most important heading
and <h6> defines least important.
– Example:
• <h1> Statements... </h>

9. Cont…
• Paragraph Tag: A paragraph in webpage is
defined by <p> tag.
– A paragraph is a block-level element used to
represent text on the browser.
– When the paragraph tag is closed it automatically
creates a new line.
– Example:
• <p>This is paragraph 1.</p>

10. Cont…
• Comment Tag: While writing code it is a good
practice to write a comment about what code is
all about. In HTML you can write comment
using <!-- ... -->.
– The comment is written between the double dash, it
can be in single line or multiline comment.
– Example:
• <!-- This is a single line comment -->
• <!-- This is
multiline comment -->

11. Cont…
• Line Break Tag: The <br> is used to create a
line break in the text.
– It can be used in writing addresses, song lyrics, or
at a place where a line break is needed.
– Example:
• <p>The br tag <br>
is used to <br>
create a line break. </p>

12. Cont…
• Horizontal Line: The <hr> is used to create a
break between paragraphs using a horizontal line.
– Using CSS you can modify and style as per your own
need.
– Example:
• <p>Scene 1:</p>
• <hr>
• <p>Scene 2:</p>

13. Today we learn
• Learned basic HTML Tags
• In the next class, we will start Unit II –
Formatting Tags in detail.
•Thanks