The Horizontal Rule Command

The next command that we will look at is the command that is used to make a separation between two parts of a document. This can be used anytime that you feel that a portion of the document is different and should not be confused with portions above or below it. The use of this command is up to you and if you think that your page will look good with it then you should use it whenever you like to.

This command is an angle bracket “<“ followed by the letters HR followed by the modifiers followed by an angle bracket “>”. The modifiers for this command allow you to do a wide variety of things with separator. The first modifier is the word SIZE followed by an equal sign “=” followed by the size. The size is the number of pixels thick that you want the separator. For a normal sized separator you would use either 1 or 2 pixels thick. The next modifier is the word WIDTH followed by an equal sign “=” followed by a number of pixels or a percent. It is not a good idea to use pixels with this modifier because people could have really larger monitors and when they saw your separator it would look very small. However, if you use a percent then the separator will be the same relative size on all monitors. The next command is the word ALIGN followed by an equal sign “=” followed by which side of the screen the separator is going to be aligned to. The separator can either be aligned to the right, the left, or the center. The final modifier is use the word NOSHADE. This is used if you are going to have a soild line on your page that separates, not a shaded one. The final source code for a separator 1 pixel thick, 100% wide, aligned in the center, and that has shade would look like this:

<HR SIZE=1 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=CENTER>