This document contains the HTML 4.0 DTD Declaration Statement. You can look at the source code if you’d like, but this is what it looks like:
The purpose is for you to see the commands in action. For a look at what the new subcommands will do, look here. If what you see below does not give the effect you expect, then your browser probably will not support the command, even with the assistance of the strict.dtd from the World Wide Web Consortium.
Please note that not every command is represented here, as often there is no visible effect on the page from some commands. The ones that look good, though, are here.
What You Get:
NFL (put your pointer on it)
The Code:
<ACRONYM TITLE=”Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus”>SCUBA </ACRONYM>
What You Get:
SCUBA (put your pointer on it)
The Code:
<BDO DIR=”LTR”>hello</BDO>
<BDO DIR=”RTL”>hello</BDO>
What You Get:
hello
hello
The Code:
<BUTTON name=”submit” value=”submit” type=”submit”></BUTTON>
What You Get:
The Code:
<TABLE BORDER=”2″>
<COLGROUP WIDTH=”340″>
<TD>text
<TD>text
</COLGROUP>
<TR>
<TD>text
<TD>text
</TABLE>
What You Get:
| text | text |
| text | text |
The Code:
Version <DEL>3</DEL> <INS>4<INS>
What You Get:
Version 3 4
The Code:
Version <DEL>3</DEL> <INS>4<INS>
What You Get:
Version 3 4
The Code:
<OBJECT data=”ball11.gif” type=”image/gif”></OBJECT>
What You Get:
The Code:
<SPAN TITLE=”This is a title”>Text on page</SPAN>
What You Get:
Text on page
The Code:
<TABLE>
<THREAD><TR> The following cells…</THREAD>
<TBODY bgcolor=”–“>
<TR> text
<TR> text
</TBODY>
<TFOOT><TR>The above cells…</TFOOT>
</TABLE>
What You Get:
The Code:
<Q TITLE=”quotation”>I think, therefore I am</Q>
What You Get:
I think, therefore I am
(put your point on the text)
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