RE: SUMMARY: Spelling out acronyms at first mention

Subject: RE: SUMMARY: Spelling out acronyms at first mention
From: "Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:18:53 -0700

Just goes to show you how long I've been constrained to HTML 3.2!
;-)

So, there you go! Thanks Curtis!

-Sue


> You can also use the <acronym> tag. It will work with text
> in the same way
> the ALt attribute works with an image.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Curtis Ward
> curtis_ward -at- dbs-systems -dot- com
>
>
>
>
>
> > > Hmmmm. I could have sworn I read somewhere that you can't
> > > have popups in HTML...Is there some way around it?
> > >
> >
> > Let's think outside the box for a minute, here.
> >
> > AFAIK, most of the new browsers display alt tags in little
> tooltip-type
> > bubbles when the mouse cursor rests over them. So, create a
> small graphic
> > to snuggle in beside the acronym and put the definition in
> the alt tag.




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