HTML Primer Version 1.5.1 (Included With ClarisWorks 4.0) - Part Two

Technical details
This section describes some of the details of the HTML tags used by the translator.
Character formatting HTML has two kinds of text styles, logical and physical. Logical styles are interpreted differently by different browsers. For example, the logical style <em> (that is, ÒemphasisÓ) may be represented as red single underline by one browser and italics by another. Other examples of logical text styles are <strong> and <cite>. Physical styles, such as italic, underline, and 11, 12, or 13 point bold, are represented as typed. When you format text as italic, underline, or 11, 12, or 13 point bold, the ClarisWorks HTML translator tags these physical character styles with logical character styles, like this:
These types of characters Are assigned this HTML tag
Italics <cite>
Underline <em>
Bold (11, 12, or 13 point only) <strong>
Note If bold text is any size except 11, 12, or 13 points, the translator tags it as a header. See ÒHeaders,Ó below.
International characters The translator supports most of the ISO Latin 1 character set standard on both export and import.

Special characters Some characters (< > & ; and /) are used in HTML tags. If you type the characters <, >, &, ; or /, the translator interprets them as typed. If you want the characters to be interpreted as part of HTML tags, style the tags as literal text. See the section ÒLiteral text.Ó
Paragraphs and carriage returns The translator tags as a paragraph (<P>) any text followed by a hard return (created by pressing the Return key). The translator tags as a break (<BR>) any text block followed by a hard return that is formatted by placing the insertion point in the text, choosing Paragraph from the Format menu and then setting Space After to 0 (zero).
Headers A header is a logical style. The size depends on the type of header. Browsers usually insert white space above and below the header and display headers as bold.
If a text is bold, the translator checks the font size and then tags the bold text according to these rules:
If the bold text is this size The translator tags the text as
Greater than or equal to 20 points <H1>

Greater than or equal to 18 points and less than 20 points <H2>
Greater than or equal to 14 points and less than 18 points <H3>
Greater than 10 points and less than 14 points <strong>
Greater than 9 points and less than or equal to 10 points <H5>
Less than or equal to 9 points <H6>
Lists For each list level, the translator inserts the tag <OL> for an ordered list and <UL> for an unordered list. For each list item, the translator inserts a list-item tag (<LI>).
Horizontal rules If underscores begin and end with a hard Return, the translator inserts the <HR> (horizontal rule) tag in the HTML document.
About this HTML translator
The HTML translator included with ClarisWorks 4.0 represents the joint efforts of Claris and a dedicated team at the Highly Interactive Computing Project (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Claris would like to express its thanks to the Highly Interactive Computing Project, including:
Brian Sullivan
Ryan Day
Sean DeMonner

Jeff Spitulnik
Amanda Pryor
Edward Andrews
Craig Braman
Elliot Soloway
Claris also extends its thanks Dr. Barbara Kurshan of Educorp Consultants.
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