IMPORTANT NOTE: If you copy text from this document to paste into another document, you'll want to paste it into the "Source Code" area (the button in the top left corner of the word processing controls that says "Source") of the new document:
LINKS
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RELATIVE LINK (a link to a page on the same website) that opens in the same browser tab: <a href="(/page path)">display text</a>
EXAMPLE: <a href="/order-by-date/">Check Availability</a>
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RELATIVE LINK (a link to a page on the same website) that opens in a new browser tab: <a href="(/page path)" target="_blank">display text</a>
EXAMPLE: <a href="/order-by-date/" target="_blank">Check Availability</a>
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ABSOLUTE LINK (a link to a page on a different website) that opens in the same browser tab: <a href="(full URL)">display text</a>
EXAMPLE: <a href="https://cat-bounce.com/">Click here to see a bunch of cats</a>
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ABSOLUTE LINK (a link to a page on a different website) that opens in a new browser tab: <a href="(full URL)" target="_blank">display text</a>
EXAMPLE: <a href="https://cat-bounce.com/" target="_blank">Click here to see a bunch of cats</a>
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INLINE HTML TEXT FORMATTING (BOLD, ITALIC, ETC.)
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BOLD TEXT: <b>display text</b>
EXAMPLE: <b>This text is bold</b>
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ITALICIZED TEXT: <i>display text</i>
EXAMPLE: <i>This text is italicized</i>
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HIGHLIGHTED TEXT: <mark>display text</mark>
EXAMPLE: <mark>This text is highlighted</mark>
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UNDERLINED TEXT: <u>display text</u>
EXAMPLE: <u>This text is underlined</u>
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MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES: <b><i><mark><u>display text</u></mark></i></b>
EXAMPLE: <b><i><mark><u>This text is bold, italicized, highlighted, and underlined</u></mark></i></b>
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STYLING (TEXT COLOR, SIZE, FONT, ETC.)
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Font color: <span style="color:(hex or rgb color code***);">display text</span>
EXAMPLE: <span style="color:#800080;">#800080 is the hex code for purple, so this text is purple</span>
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Font size: <span style="font-size:(desired text size in point [pt], pixels [px], percentage [%], ems [em], or rems [rem]);">display text</span>
EXAMPLE: <span style="font-size:16pt;">This is 16 point text</span>
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Font family: <span style="font-family:(desired font family);">display text</span>
EXAMPLE: <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This is Times New Roman text</span>
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Multiple styles: <span style="font-family:(desired font family); font-size:(desired text size); color:(hex or rgb color code);">display text</span>
EXAMPLE: <span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:18pt, color:#00ffff;">This is 18 point cyan colored text in the Georgia font family</span>
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***Search in the Knowledge Base using the keyword "hex" for a list of HTML color hex codes. You can find any other hex codes you might be looking for through a web search.
RESOURCES
W3 Schools: an online "school" that has tutorials for how to use HTML and CSS, with a practice interface
HTML Tutorial Start Page: https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
CSS Tutorial Start Page: https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Stack Overflow: an online forum for web developers with articles and question and answer forums
Khan Academy: another online "school" with HTML and CSS tutorials
Google and other search engines: I know it seems obvious, but I’ve had great success with WEB searches like "HTML link formatting" when I couldn’t remember something, or when I needed to learn something new. Oftentimes, W3 and Stack Overflow are among the top links. The internet is chock full of resources and knowledge; a little Googling can go a long way.