A sample HTML E-mail message

Here is a sample of an e-mail message which utilizes HTML codes to create a formatted e-mail message. At the top of the e-mail message is a graphic which is given a specified size and centered within the message.

Here are two ways of creating an HTML file:

• You can use a basic text or word processing program. You must remember, however, to save the file as text only. Most word processors have a SaveAs option under the File menu where you can select Text Only or Text (ASCII) format.

  Some of the latest word processors, such as Word 97, offer an option under the File menu to save a file in HTML format. This option automatically converts the document formatting (such as bold characters or line breaks) to HTML coding for you. Desktop publishing programs (such as PageMaker 6.5) also offer this option.
  
  

• You can also use a web editor which is a program developed specifically for creating web pages. These programs include web formatting tools that you select to automatically insert HTML coding. Commercial web editors include FrontPage and PageMill. Netscape also comes with a web editor called Composer. Information on using Composer is available under Netscape's Help menu.

By looking at the text in this file you can see that HTML consists of various tags or codes which are enclosed in the < and > characters, for example: <P>. A code must be terminated and is usually done so by using the / character in front the code, for example: </P>.