Lists

Many times you will have a number of items that would appear better in a list. For example, when a school is listing its degrees, it would like to put them in an outline form. There are three basic types of lists:

Unnumbered Lists

Bachelor Degrees Offered

BA in English
BA in History
BA in Romance Languages
BA in Political Science
BS in Sociology
BS in Criminal Justice

Numbered Lists

Three Types of Courses

General Education Courses
Major-Minor Courses
Electives

Definition Lists

Communications Courses (COMM)

1113 Fundamentals of Speech, 3 hours credit: an introductory course designed to acquaint the student with the basic theory of the art of public speaking and to provide experience in the preparation and delivery of oral presentations. Lecture 3 hours.
1133 Voice and Diction, 3 hours credit: A general study of the structure of the vocal mechanism; principles of vocal quality, articulation and pronunciation. Lecture 3 hours.
2143 Debate, 3 hours credit: Acquaints the student with the complexity of social problems, methods of research, methods of logical analysis and development, construction of briefs, and techniques of refutation; practice in preparation and delivery of sustained arguments. Lecture 3 hours.

Unnumbered Lists

The commands for unnumbered lists are <UL> and <LI>. I remember them by saying UL stands for unnumbered lists and LI stands for list item.

Use the following example to create your own unnumbered list.

Bachelor Degrees Offered

<UL>
<LI>BA in English
<LI>BA in History
<LI>BA in Romance Languages
<LI>BA in Political Science
<LI>BS in Sociology
<LI>BS in Criminal Justice
</UL>

Don't forget to use the </UL> command to end your list. Unlike many commands the <LI> command does not need a closing command.

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Numbered Lists

The commands for numbered lists are <OL> and <LI>. Think of OL as standing for ordered list and LI as standing for list item.

Use the following example to create your own numbered list.

Three Types of Courses

<OL>
<LI>General Education Courses
<LI>Major-Minor Courses
<LI>Electives
</OL>

Notice that you do not type in the numbers. Netscape will automatically insert those for you.

Don't forget to use the </OL> command to end your list. Unlike most commands, <LI> does not need a closing command.

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Definition Lists

The commands for definition lists are <DL>, <DT>, and <DD>. You can remember them by thinking that DL stands for definition list, DT stands for definition term, and DD stands for definition data.

Use the following example to create your own definition list.

Communications Courses (COMM)

<DL>

<DT>1113 Fundamentals of Speech, 3 hours credit
<DD>An introductory course designed to acquaint the student with the basic theory of the art of public speaking and to provide the experience in the preparation and delivery of oral presentations. Lecture 3 hours.

<DT>1133 Voice and Diction, 3 hours credit
<DD>A general study of the structure of the vocal mehanism; principles of vocal quality, articulation and pronunciation. Lecture 3 hours.

<DT>2143 Debate, 3 hours credit
<DD>Acquaints the student with the complexity of social problems, methods of research, methods of logical analysis and development, construction of briefs, and technigques of refutation; practice in preparation and delivery of sustained arguments. Lecture 3 hours.

</DL>

Netscape will automatically make the indentations to look like the example at the beginning.

Don't forget to use the closing command </DL> to end your list. The commands <DT> and <DD> do not need closing commands.

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