How to Center Text in HTML

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Prepare to edit HTML web pages by learning the basics of HTML code.

   View the various tags you can use to change the font or formatting of text.
   
   For example, a small "b" in a bracket is used to identify bold text.
   
   A small "i" is used to identify italic text.
   
   Do not include the quotation marks in your code.
   
   Practice pairing tags.
   
   Most formatting tags require 2 tags, at the beginning and end of the text that you want to change.
   
   The first tag will include the letters or symbols of the tag in brackets (<>).
   
   The second tag will include a backslash before the tag.
   
   For example, you would put "b" in brackets at the beginning of the bolded text and "/b" in brackets after the bolded text.
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   Step 2: Find the text that you want to center in your web page.

   , Do not place any spaces between the tag and the text. , Do not include any spaces. , View it to make sure you have aligned the text properly.
   
   If this did not change the alignment of your text, then you are using a program, like HTML5 that uses CSS instead of HTML coding.
   
   Try the second method to correctly align the text.
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   Step 3: Place the tag "center" in brackets before the start of the text.

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   Step 4: Place the tag "/center" in brackets after the end of the text.

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   Step 5: Save your web page.

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