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<CITE>

Indicates text that is a citation.

Support:

HTML StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
2.0 and later 1.0 and later 1.0 and later
Notes:
  • Most browsers display citations as italic.
  • This tag requires the </CITE> end tag.
Attributes:
CLASS = "Text"
The style sheet class used by the tag.

Support:

HTML StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
4.0 and later 3.0 and later 4.0 and later

Notes:

  • You can specify two or more classes; be sure to separate each class name with a space.

ID = "Text"
An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the tag.

Support:

HTML StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
4.0 and later 3.0 and later 4.0 and later

Notes:

  • Although you can use letters and numbers for the ID, the first character must be a letter.

LANG = "Text"
The language used by the tag's attribute values and text content.

Support:

HTML StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
4.0 and later 4.0 and later Not supported

STYLE = "Text"
The style or styles to use with the tag.

Support:

HTML StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
4.0 and later 3.0 and later 4.0 and later

Notes:

  • If you enter multiple style properties, separate each one with a semi-colon (;).

Example:
A quote from <CITE>The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web page</CITE>:
How It Looks:
A quote from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web page:

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