Web Design

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CHAPTER

Getting Started with HTML 2

Can I control how much space appears between

paragraphs?

Yes. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows you to

precisely control the spacing between paragraphs,

along with the font and color of the text and almost

everything else with the paragraph’s appearance.

CSS is covered in detail in later chapters.

Why can I not just press the Enter key in my code

to create paragraphs? Why do I need the <p> tag?

HTML is whitespace-insensitive, so pressing

in your code does not create paragraph breaks on

the page in the browser. You can separate the text

only by using the HTML tags.

● When viewed in a Web

browser, the text appears

separated into distinct

paragraphs.

4 Type

5 Repeat Steps 2 to 4 to add
additional paragraphs.

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