The document provides an introduction to HTML by explaining:
1. HTML is a markup language used to create web pages and describe elements like headings, paragraphs, and tables. Tags are used to mark up elements and browsers interpret the tags to display pages.
2. The basic structure of an HTML document includes <html>, <head>, and <body> tags where <head> contains the title and <body> holds the visible page content.
3. Common text formatting tags are described like <b> for bold, <i> for italics, and <font> for changing color and size.