| Tag | Description |
| <HTML> ... </HTML> | Declares the Web page to be written in HTML |
| <HEAD> ... </HEAD> | Delimits the page's head |
| <TITLE> ... </TITLE> | Defines the title (not displayed on the page) |
| <BODY> ... </BODY> | Delimits the page's body |
| <Hn> ... </Hn> | Delimits a level n heading |
| <B> ... </B> | Set ... in boldface |
| <I> ... </I> | Set ... in italics |
| <UL> ... </UL> | Brackets an unordered (bulleted) list |
| <OL> ... </OL> | Brackets a numbered list |
| <MENU> ... </MENU> | Brackets a menu of <LI> items |
| <LI> | Start of a list item (there is no </LI> ) |
| <BR> | Force a break here |
| <P> | Start of paragraph |
| <HR> | Horizontal rule |
| <PRE> ... </PRE> | Preformatted text; do not reformat |
| <IMG SRC="..."> | Load an image here |
| <A HREF="..."> ... </A> | Defines a hyperlink |