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tabindex attribute

overview of, 582

using, 116

using for form accessibility, 393-394

using with image maps, 126-128

value and description of, 113

table border colors, applying, 208-209

table cells , setting pixel widths for, 203

table layouts

complex example of, 216-222

controlling page margins in, 206

jigsaw example, 217-220

<table> element

versus <pre> element, 70

explanation of, 197

overview of, 708-711

tables

aligning cells in, 207

applying layout with, 210-213

background images in, 210

basic attributes used with, 222

coloring, 207-210

example of, 201-202

laying out pages with, 202-210

nesting and coloring, 209-210

organization of, 197-199

specifications for, 222-223

stacking, 212-213

tips for use of, 222-223

using cellpadding and cellspacing attributes with, 206

using rowspan and colspan attributes with, 199-201

using stretchable layouts with, 215-217

using TLB layouts with, 213-215

tag pair, explanation of, 3

tags. See elements; individual elements; markup tags

target attribute

using, 116

using with frames , 237-238

using with image maps, 125

using with QuickTime, 258

value and description of, 113

target values for frames, table of, 237

< tbody > (table body) element, overview of, 225, 711-713

<td> (table data) element, overview of, 713-716

TDC (Tabular Data Control) object, role in databinding example, 228

technical symbols, HTML 4.0 character entities for, 817

teletype, element associated with, 81

telnet URLs

description of, 99

example of, 107

telnet, using with CGI, 409-410

templates

deriving for HTML documents, 8-9

using with HTML pages, 48

test.xsl template, code for, 555-556

text

animating with <marquee> tag, 261-263

coloring, 189

indicating insertion and deletion of, 85-86

using <blink> tag with, 260

wrapping in forms, 376

text-* extensions to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 787

text-align CSS1 text property, overview of, 299

text alignment, performing with images, 175. See also alignment attributes

text attribute, using with body element, 190

text-decoration CSS1 text property, overview of, 298

text direction, indicating with ltr or rtl, 57-58

text fields, inserting in forms, 372-376

text, grouping without using block elements, 65

text/html content type, using with CGI, 411-412

text-indent CSS1 text property, overview of, 290, 300

text layout

overview of, 172

performing with invisible images, 176-177

text, preformatting, 67-70

text samples, element associated with, 83

text-shadow property in CSS2, effect of, 341

text-transform CSS1 text property, overview of, 298

text value of cursor property in CSS2, description of, 350

<textarea> (multiline text input) element

explanation of, 19

overview of, 716-718

using for multiple-line text input in forms, 375-377

< tfoot > (table footer) element, overview of, 719-720

<th> (table header) element

example of, 197-198, 225

overview of, 720-723

<thead> (table header) element, overview of, 723-725

this keyword in JavaScript, example of, 458

&THORN; (capital thorn) HTML character entity, description of, 805

&thorn; (lowercase thorn) HTML character entity, description of, 806

ThreeD* color values in CSS2, intended rendering of, 352

ticks

advisory about, 19-20

removing, 118-119

tilde character (~)

HTML character entities for, 803-807

using with HTTP URLs, 103

title anchor attribute, value and description of, 113

title attribute

enhancing form-field accessibility with, 394-395

example of, 57

overview of, 580

using with <a> anchor tags, 114-115

using with <link> tag, 132

using with alt attribute, 155

using with image maps, 126

using with inserted and deleted text, 85

<title> (document title) element

explanation of, 6

overview of, 14-16, 725

TLB (top-left-bottom) layout, example of, 213-215

trademark ( ¢), character entities for, 86-87

tooltips, using for form accessibility, 394-395

top-down process model, overview of, 28-29

top-level domains, examples of, 95

_top value for targets, using with frames, 237-238

top value, using with align attribute, 155-156

topmargin attribute, example of, 195

<tr> (table row) element

example of, 197-198, 558

overview of, 725-727

TRACE method in HTTP requests , description of, 511

&trade; named entity, advisory about, 86

&trade; (trademark symbol) HTML character entity, description of, 86-87, 798-799

transparency

of GIF images, 144-145

of PNG images, 150

transparent pixels, obtaining, 177

true-color GIF, explanation of, 144

TrueDoc dynamic fonts, overview of, 187

<tt> (teletype text) element, overview of, 727-728

type attribute

setting to file value in forms, 387-388

using with <li> tags, 73

using with <ol> tag, 70

using with <ul> tags, 73

using with style sheets, 274

type codes, using with FTP URLs, 106

Typography (Microsoft) Web address, 360

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