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By Scot Hacker, Brian Aguilar
Published Jun 23, 2008

What do the HTML icons mean?

If you are writing a post in WordPress while in HTML mode, you'll find the following icons. Here is a list of the functionality behind each icon.

NOTE: You can get the information listed below by hovering your mouse over each icon for a moment.

HTML display Bold icon Make text bold
HTML display Italic icon Make text italic
HTML display Hyperlink icon Convert text into a < a href="#">hyperlink
HTML display Blockquote icon Convert to blockquote
HTML display Insert icon Convert to inserted text, typically displays as und erlined text on most browsers
HTML display Insert Image icon Insert an image
HTML display Unordered List icon Create an unordered list (i.e. bullet points)
HTML display Ordered List icon Create an ordered list
HTML display List icon Create a list item. Used in conjunction with the unordered list or UL t ag
HTML displ ay Blockquote icon Convert to blockquote (What is a block quote?)
HTML display Code icon Sets text into a preformatted style, generally a Courier font
HTML display More icon
Used for creating a break between the "teaser" that will appear on the homepage, and the "body" section of your post, which will appear on the post's individual "permalink" page (the actual story page).
HTML display Lo okup icon The definition of highlighted text will be searched for at Answers.com. A good way to look up the meaning of words while you write
HTML disp lay Close icon Closes any open HTML tags for you, but be sure to doublecheck the button worked properly

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