The document outlines the basic structure of an HTML file, explaining the roles of doctype, head, and body elements. The doctype indicates the document type, while the head contains metadata like the title, language, and author, which are not directly visible to users. The body element is where visible content resides, including headings, paragraphs, and lists, with their appearance influenced by their structural positioning.

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Document Structure
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Basic Structure
Doctype
Head
Body
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The Doctype is exactly
what it sounds like: it
tells the program what
type of document to
show. In this case, our
document is an HTML
file, the name of a
typical web page
document.
Doctype
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All files have a
Doctype.
Doctypes are hidden
information that the
user typically cannot
see.
Doctype
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The Head of a
document provides all
the metadata of the
document. It can
include things like:
• Title of the document
• The language
• The author
• How the text should be
formatted
Head
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Notice that the head
has a beginning tag
And an ending tag
The Head is hidden
information that the
user typically cannot
see directly.
Head
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Like the head, the Body
has a beginning tag
And an ending tag
The Body is the part of
the document everyone
can see.
Body
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This document has the
following structure:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Paragraph
Ordered List
List Items
Body
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Document
Structure
Document
Display
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This document has the
following structure:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Paragraph
Ordered List
List Items
Body
Structure
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The size, position,
color, indentation, etc,
of each element is
determined by its
position in the
document structure.
Document
Structure
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