How to Scroll the Text Across the Top of the Page
Adding a scrolling line of text at the top of your Web page can make it look less static and also emphasize the name of your company or the title of your article. Web pages use the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) to tell browsers how to display text and graphics. By adding a simple HTML instruction, you can create a scrolling line of text.
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Instructions
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Open your HTML file using a text editor such as Notepad.
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Place your cursor at the desired location in your HTML file. If you want your Web page to display the line of scrolling text at the top, place your cursor after the first <BODY> tag.
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Type in the following code: "<marquee>Your scrolling text here</marquee>." Replace "Your scrolling text here" with the actual text you want your page to display.
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Save your HTML file using the "Save" command in the "File" menu, then upload your file to your web server.
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Tips & Warnings
You can add several different parameters to your marquee tag to modify its look and behavior (see Resources).
