What does the paragraph tag () in HTML do?

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What does the paragraph tag () in HTML do?

I know it makes a new paragraph. DUH
But what effect does it have of the text/formatting/whatever.

2006-07-25 13:35:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet

So do you mean that a paragraph tag is just 2 break tags?

2006-07-25 13:42:34 · update #1

Lol... you can use CSS with HTML together right? CSS is... cascading style sheet? something like that...

2006-07-25 13:44:50 · update #2

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It basically just marks the boundaries of a paragraph, putting space between it and the other text, above and below.

there

David would display as

Hi

there

David

Of course, you could get it to do more with CSS. But that's a whole other story...

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Edit: Yes, you could get the much the same effect with two break tags. P tags are much more elegant, though.

And yes, that's what css stands for. You can embed it in the HTML, or you can create a separate stylesheet and reference it. I don't know a good tutorial off-hand, or I'd give you a link.

2006-07-25 13:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by answerator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Put text into a new paragraph with a space between the paragraphs, like this:

Here is a new paragraph.

If I wanted to put text on the next line I would use the break tag
and it would look like this:

Here is a paragraph

here is text on the very next line.

Hope this helps.

2006-07-25 20:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

What does the paragraph tag (<p></p>) in HTML do?

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