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RE: Strong vs. Bold

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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Jul 11, 2002 6:59PM

While visually they may appear the same in most browsers, strong is a better
description of the logic behind the usage. I can speak strong(ly), but I
cannot speak bold (or even better, I can say something with emphasis (<em>)
but I cannot say it in italics <i>). I am not aware of any speach
technology which currently makes the distinction, but, like everything else,
soon come...

HomeSite HTML editor allows you to alternately use <strong> and <em>, right
down to changing the keyboard shortcuts (for example "Ctrl+B" produces
<strong> when configured as such)

JF

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