What Is an HTML Document?
Almost every page you look at on the Internet is an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document whose tags are interpreted by the Browser that you are using. Browsers, such as Netscape, MS Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, Safari etc, do not interpret HTML tags exactly the same way, so the appearance of the document on you screen will depend somewhat upon the Browser that you use. HTML documents are plain-text (also known as ASCII) files that can be created using any text editor (SimpleText on a Macintosh; Notepad in Windows; UltraEdit in DOS, Mac, Linux or Windows). You can also use a word processor such as Word or WordPerfect but you must remember to save your document as “text only with line breaks”. You can also create Web pages using WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”) editors such as Claris Home Page or Adobe PageMill, both for Windows and Macintosh), or FrontPage created by Microsoft, which allow you to design your HTML document visually, as if you were using a word processo
