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More Tags in HTML
Let’s learn about some more tags in HTML.
<BODY> Tag and Its Attributes
BODY tag is the most important tag. It contains the contents of the document which is displayed
on the web page by the browser. In the <BODY> tag, we use features like formatting elements,
images, heading and list to enhance the appearance of a web page.
Body Tag Attributes
The BODY tag contains many attributes. Let’s learn about them.
• Background
It displays the picture as the background of the page.
Syntax: <BODY BACKGROUND = system-path>
Example: <BODY BACKGROUND = “C:/welcome.gif”>
• BGCOLOR
It changes the background colour of the web page.
Syntax: <BODY BGCOLOR = ColourName or ColorCode>
Example: <BODY BGCOLOR = Red>
<BODY BGCOLOR = f0f0ab>
• Text
It changes the fore color of the text color of the web apge.
Syntax: <BODY TEXT = ColorName or ColorCode>
Example: <BODY TEXT = blue>
<BODY TEXT = ab123d>
• TopMargin: The topmargin attribute is used to set the top margin of a web page.
It accepts values in pixels and displays the text away from the top edge of the web page
as per the specifi ed value.
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