Opening tag : <EM>
Closing tag: </EM>

Purpose:
The Emphasis tag is to add emphasis to the text enclosed within the tags. Normally this appears in italics for most browsers.

Attributes:
class=class
- Allows the text to be formatted according to the specified class.

dir=direction
- Useful for languages which should be read from right to left.

event=Javascript
- Allows a Javascript to be associated to an event.

id=name
- Adding an ID allows the tag to be dynamically changed!

lang=language
- Specifies a language for the text inside the emphasis tags.

style=style
- Allows a style to be added, to override other specified styles.

title=title
- A title attribute can be added to the emphasis tag. This could be useful for adding keywords.

Example:

Something are <EM>Important<EM> others aren't!

Related Tags:

<B></B> - Bold Tag.
<Basefont></Basefont> - Basefont Tag.
<Big></Big> - Big Tag.
<Blink></Blink> - Blink Tag.
<Blockquote></Blockquote> - Blockquote Tag.
<BR> - Break Tag.
<Center></Center> - Center Tag.
<Cite></Cite> - Cite Tag.
<Code></Code> - Code Tag.

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