Opening tag : <PRE>
Closing tag: </PRE>

Purpose:
The Preformated text tag is used to display preformated text, without losing the original formating.

Attributes:
Class=class
- Specifies a class of formating from a stylesheet.

Cols=#
- Specifies the maximum number of characters that can be displayed on one line.

Dir=direction
- Useful for languages that are read from right to left.

Event=Javascript
- Allows some javascript to be run from an event to do with the tag.

Id=Name
- Specifies an identifier for the text so it can be referenced or accessed externally.

Lang=language
- Specifies the Language of the preformated text.

Style=style
- Specifies a style to use for the formating of the text, over other styles.

Title=title
- The text can be given a title as well if required.

Width=#
- The maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line.

Wrap
- Wrap the lines, as it is preformated text, the default is not to wrap the text.

Example:

<Pre> The Pre tag preserves white space </Pre>

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