HTML: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, 5th Edition

Chapter 2

Document Setup

Key Skills & Concepts

•    Create an HTML File

•    Preview an HTML File in a Browser

•    Describe and Apply the Basic HTML Document Format

•    Use Character Entities to Display Special Characters

•    Add Comments to an HTML File

Now that you know a little about the Web and what to think about before creating a web page, let’s talk about the basic setup of an HTML page.

Create an HTML File

At their very core, HTML files are simply text files with two additional features:

•    HTML files have an .html or .htm file extension. A file extension is an abbreviation that associates the file with the appropriate program or ...