How Do I Make Text Bold/Italics/Underline/Strikethrough?

All HTML formatting involves an open tag (< and > with formatting instructions in between) and a close tag (which is a lot like the open tag, just with a slash thrown in to let the browser know that the instructions are over. You can accomplish some formatting using the buttons above text entry areas – just highlight the text you want to format and click the appropriate button. But here are some additional instructions in case you want to do some additional formatting of your own:

• Type this:
       Here's how you make stuff <strong>bold</strong>
  to get:
  

  Here's how you make stuff bold

• Type this:
       Here's how you <em>italicize text</em>
  to get:
  

  Here's how you italicize text

• Type this:
       Here's how you <u>underline stuff</u>
  to get:
  

  Here's how you underline stuff

• Type this:
       Here's how you <s>strike through text</s>
  to get:
  

  Here's how you strike through text

• And if you really want to confuse people:
       Try using them <strong><em><u><s>all at once</strong></em></u></s>
  to get:
  

  Try using them all at once

"But wait," you say. "I thought <b> was for bold and <i> was for italics." They were, but the new school uses <strong> and <em>, respectively. Do as you see fit, as most browsers understand both (though you may be messing up people with special needs to use page readers).