HTML 4 Basic Study Guide

 study guide 1-4188-3806-3 © 2005
Publish date: August 30, 2004
120 pages

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Do you need basic HTML skills? One of the best ways to get an overview and begin using HTML is to follow one of our computer training books designed for this purpose. The HTML 4 Basic study guide will give you the basics you need for creating web pages with HTML. If you have a general understanding and working knowledge with personal computers and using the Internet, this course is a good fit for you.

The HTML 4 Basic courseware will get you up and running creating simple web pages and using HTML tags. You will learn how to create hyperlink, insert components onto your pages such as images and tables, and learn techniques for manipulating images. You'll learn how to format your pages and text to make visually appealing content, insert email links, and work with style sheets.

This study guide should take the typical user about a day to read through and complete the activities. Because the HTML 4 Basic courseware is a self-paced training program, you can take as much time as you need to master the concepts. Each of the six units covers a new topic and contains activities and review sections to help you retain the material.

Course Objectives

By following this courseware, you will learn how to create basic web pages and use HTML tags to structure text, you will be able to link to other documents and pages, insert and manipulate images, and create and modify tables.

Course Contents

Unit 1 is about getting started

  • An introduction to the World Wide Web
  • HTML 4.01
  • Basic HTML structure

Unit 2 covers structuring text

  • Bold and italic text
  • Using quotes and citations
  • Character entities and horizontal rules
  • Adjusting text size
  • How to create lists

Unit 3 discusses links

  • Linking documents
  • Using e-mail links
  • Intra-document links

Unit 4 covers images

  • Image formats
  • How to insert images

Unit 5 talks about tables

  • How to create tables
  • How to modify tables

Unit 6 covers Style sheets

  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Web style sheets
  • How to add color
  • Text styles
  • Linked style sheets