Assignment #4

Line Breaks and Paragraph Tags

As demonstrated on a previous page, a browser does not interpret a hard return (hitting the enter key on your computer) as an indication of a new line of text. There are two HTML tags that are used for this purpose.

Line Break:

Paragraph

A will start a new line of text without creating a space between the lines. A will create a new line with a space between the lines.

HTML Code

Browser Display

1882 - Founded as Findlay College by the 
Churches of God, General Conference 
(then Churches of God in North America) 
and the citizens of the city of Findlay.
1886 - "Old Main" opened for classes in 
the fall with 70 students enrolled. The building 
was reputed to be the largest single college 
building west of the Appalachian Mountains, 
and according to advertisements of the time, 
the only one in the world heated with natural gas.
1890 - A conservatory of music opened.

1882 - Founded as Findlay College by the
Churches of God, General Conference
(then Churches of God in North America)
and the citizens of the city of Findlay.

1886 - "Old Main" opened for classes in
the fall with 70 students enrolled. The building
was reputed to be the largest single college
building west of the Appalachian Mountains,
and according to advertisements of the time,
the only one in the world heated with natural gas.

1890 - A conservatory of music opened.

A more modern approach to the paragraph tag has changed the tag to a "before and after" tag. Newer browsers will understand a paragraph tag as where these tags are placed at the beginning and end of a paragraph. Newer browsers will also interpret the traditional use of the paragraph tag as well.

HTML Code (modern approach)	Browser Display
<p>1882 - Founded as Findlay College by the<br> Churches of God, General Conference<br> (then Churches of God in North America)<br> and the citizens of the city of Findlay.</p>	1882 - Founded as Findlay College by the Churches of God, General Conference (then Churches of God in North America) and the citizens of the city of Findlay.