December 1999
Intermediate to advanced
95 pages
2h 34m
English
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Name
<ol> — NN: 2, 3, 4 • MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 • HTML 4 • WebTV • Opera3
Synopsis
<ol>...</ol>
Defines the beginning and end of an ordered (numbered) list, which
consists of list items <li>.
Attributes
compactDisplays the list as small as possible (not many browsers do anything with this attribute).
start=numberStarts the numbering of the list at the specified number, instead of 1.
type=1|A|a|I|iDefines the numbering system for the list as follows:
Type Value
Generated Style
Sample Sequence
1
Arabic numerals (default)
1, 2, 3, 4...
A
Uppercase letters
A, B, C, D...
a
Lowercase letters
a, b, c, d...
I
Uppercase Roman numerals
I, II, III, IV...
i
Lowercase Roman numerals
i, ii, iii, iv...
The
typeattribute has been deprecated by the HTML 4.0 Specification in favor of style sheet controls for list item display.
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