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<PLAINTEXT> Element

Category: Text Blocks
Period: HTML 1 / HTML 2.0
Status: core

Description

Treats the rest of the document as plain text.

Syntax

<PLAINTEXT>
Everything after this is text.

Attributes

None.

Usage Guidelines

• PLAINTEXT switches to plain text mode for everything following it. No tags after it are interpreted.
• It has no closing tag; it continues to the end of the file.
• Use it when the remainder of the document must be shown literally.

Common Mistakes

• Nothing after PLAINTEXT will be treated as markup.
• Place it only where it is the intended end of formatted content.

Example Code

<PLAINTEXT>
This is the end of HTML parsing.

Authoring Note

Write the document first, then test it in a graphical browser and a text browser. The page should remain understandable if images fail, colours are ignored, or the browser uses its own fonts.

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