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<label> (form control label) element, overview of, 657-659

labels, using in forms, 390-391

language attribute

examples of, 57-58

overview of, 581

using CSS2 selector with, 329

using with XHTML documents, 440

&laquo; (opening double-angle quote) HTML character entity, description of, 801

last modification date, script for, 462

Latin Extended-A and B character entities in HTML 4.0, table of, 808

<layer> (positioned layer) element

example of, 178-179

overview of, 659-661

layout-grid extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 782-783

layout-grid-line extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 783

layout-grid-mode extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 783

layout-grid-type extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 783

layout of text, overview of, 172

layout tags, overview of, 178-180

layouts

centering with tables, 210-213

stretching with tables, 215-217

left alignment, example of, 59-62

left value, using with align attribute, 156

leftmargin attribute, example of, 195

<legend> (field legend) element

overview of, 661-662

using with forms, 391-392

less than symbol (<), character entity for, 87

letter-like symbols, HTML 4.0 character entities for, 813-814

letter-spacing CSS1 text property, overview of, 299

<li> (list item) element

example of, 70-71

overview of, 662-664

using type attribute with, 73

line-break extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 784

line break element (<br>)

clear attribute used with, 159, 161

example of, 4, 20-21

extensions to, 176

overview of, 606-607

using, 63-64

line-height attribute, using with CSS1 font property, 295

line-height CSS1 text property, overview of, 300

line-mode extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 782

link attribute

changing, 110

performing semantic linking with, 128-133

syntax of, 129

using, 191

link relationships, overview of, 129-132

link renderings , overview of, 110-112

link states, explanation of, 112

link type, rel value as, 128-129

<link> (link to external files or set relationships) element

advanced browser support for, 133

explanation of, 16

overview of, 664-666

using with style sheets, 132

using with TrueDoc dynamic fonts, 187

linked scripts, using with XHTML documents, 441. See also scripts

linking

anchor element used in, 109-110

basics of, 91-93

in different browsers, 92

example of, 91-92

targeting, 116

links

changed colors of, 92-93

defining colors of, 191

defining tab order of, 116

identifying and fixing, 539

maintaining, 539-541

overriding colors of, 110

providing to different points in files, 100

targeting in frames , 237-239

using event attributes with, 443-445

using javascript: URL with, 445

links.html sample file, 234

Linux operating system, pros and cons of, 505

list properties in CSS2, changes to, 341-343

list-style CSS1 list property, overview of, 306

list-style-image CSS1 list property, overview of, 305

list-style-position CSS1 list property, overview of, 305

list-style-type CSS1 list property, overview of, 304-305

list-style-type property in CSS2, change to, 341

<listing> (code listing) element, overview of, 666-667

lists

definition lists, 75-76

indenting with, 76

ordered lists, 70-72

unordered lists, 72-74

using for presentation, 76-77

vestigial lists, 75-76

live sites, advisory about working on, 543

LiveAudio plug-in, example of, 478

LiveConnect, example of, 479-480

localhost, role in file protocol, 104

logical connectors, overview of, 838-839

logical elements, overview of, 79-80, 82-85

logical HTML, explanation of, 23-24

loop attribute

using with < bgsound > tag, 250-251

using with QuickTime, 258

lossless compression

relationship to audio files, 248

relationship to GIF images, 142

lossy compression, relationship to JPEG images, 148

Lotus Domino Web address, 508

lowsrc attribute, using with images, 162-163

&lt; (less than symbol) HTML character entity, description of, 792

ltr (left to right) text direction, example of, 57-58

Lynx text browser, advisory about rendering headings in, 59

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