Re^3: Excel Picture Size Changes & other actions

Go to http://validator.w3.org/ and enter

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html><HEAD><TITLE>Br</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><br/></body></html>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR
+/html4/strict.dtd">
<html><HEAD><TITLE>Br</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><br/></body></html>
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Re^4: Excel Picture Size Changes & other actions by JavaFan (Canon) on Nov 02, 2010 at 21:34 UTC
`<html><HEAD><TITLE>Br</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><br/></body></html> The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different ways +, depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict, the '/' terminates the tag <FOO + (with an implied '>'). However, since many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the +presence of an HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure HTML documen +ts and reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML.` [download] Ah, yes, I forgot that nettags are formally supported by the DTD. So, yes, `<br/>` is valid, but it's not a simple line break: it's a line break followed by a greater than sign. Not supported by most browsers though.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: Excel Picture Size Changes & other actions
by JavaFan (Canon) on Nov 02, 2010 at 21:34 UTC

<html><HEAD><TITLE>Br</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><br/></body></html>

The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different ways
+, depending on the DOCTYPE
of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict, the '/' terminates the tag <FOO
+ (with an implied '>').
However, since many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the 
+presence of an HTML 4.01
Strict DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure HTML documen
+ts and reserve its use solely
for those written in XHTML.
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