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Exercise 1 - simplest HTML

Type the simple HTML example of the previous page into a text editor. Save it as a file, say first.html, and open that in whichever browser you have. Observe the two pieces of text, title and paragraph.

Note: you must use a plain text editor, such as NotePad or NotePad++ (free). Do not use a word processor because that would put hidden formatting information in the file and we do not want that.

SORRY! Unfortunately these days some browsers will not let you open an HTML file from your local disc. It will work in Firefox browser and in Microsoft Edge.

Don't be put off! We will next see how to be sure we can see our HTML and the programs we will be adding to that.

If this exercise worked you may not need the next page but if at any stage you find your browser refuses to display your HTML file then you may want to come back to it.
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