Here's a quick guide to formatting your posts for that extra bit of pizzaz (secret incantations shown in colour ):
| For this effect | Use this in the text of your message |
| Bold | <B> Bold </B> |
| Italic | <I> Italic </I> |
| Font Colour | <FONT COLOR=#ffcc33> Font Colour
</FONT> OR <FONT COLOR=gold> Font Colour </FONT> Notice the US spelling of COLOR. You can use the #rrggbb syntax to spell out the colour in red, green, and blue values in hexadecimal (base 16). See Browser Safe Colours for examples. You can also use a range of names: gold, red, blue, white, black, green etc. See HTML Colour Names for a list. Not all named colours work in all browsers. The browser safe colours should look the same to everyone regardless of browser brand or machine type. |
| Font Face | <FONT FACE="Courier"> Font Face </FONT> |
| Font Size | <FONT SIZE=+1> Font Size </FONT> for relative size increase, OR
<FONT SIZE=5> Font Size </FONT> for absolute size. |
| Mixed Font Stuff Symbol | Mixed Font Stuff <FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR=#ff8000 FACE="Symbol"> Symbol </FONT> |
| Superscript 1 | Superscript <SUP> 1 </SUP> |
| Subscript 1 | Subscript <SUB> 1 </SUB> |
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<IMG
SRC="http://members.dynamite.com.au/chrisw/Newton.gif" ALT="Demo
picture"> The image you want to display must be on a publically accessable web site somewhere in the world. You cannot upload an image with your message, just reference one somewhere else. |
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<PRE><CODE> |
| Special Characters | Ampersand (&) &
Vertical Bar (|) | Less Than and Greater Than (<>) <> Greek characters, eg. S , can be found in the Symbol font. |
| Link to FAQ Live Topic Archived Topic Live Post Archived Post Outside the forum |
Link to <A HREF=../faq.htm> FAQ </A> <A HREF=topic2102.shtm> Live Topic </A> <A HREF=http://www2.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn-archive1/posts/topic16377.shtm> Archived Topic </A> <A HREF=2102.shtm> Live Post </A> <A HREF=http://www2.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn-archive1/posts/16377.shtm> Archived Post </A> <A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au" TARGET=new> ABC Outside the forum </A> |