s / strike / del
Render the text inside <s> ... </s>,
<strike> ... </strike>, or <del> ... </del>
tags as having a horizontal line running through the vertical middle of the text,
creating the appearance of having been crossed out. Often used to indicate
the previous version of a textual statement.
The <del> tag is meant to represent deleted text, which renders as crossed-out text.
Usage:
<s> ... </s>
<strike> ... </strike>
<del> ... </del>
Best Practice Example:
<p>
<font face="Times,serif" size="3" style="font: 1.0em Times,serif;">
MEMO TO ALL EMPLOYEES:<br /><br />
Today we will be honored with a visit from Allen Wrench of the Cambridge office.<br /><br />
Mr. Wrench, as you <s>better damn well remember</s>all know, is one
of the <s>high inscutable mucky-mucks</s>senior officers of this organization,
so please do your best to make <s>the sad bastard</s>him welcome.<br />
<s>Your next raise depends on it.</s><br /><br />
</font>
</p>
MEMO TO ALL EMPLOYEES:
Today we will be honored with a visit from Allen Wrench of the Cambridge office.
Mr. Wrench, as you better damn well rememberall know, is one
of the high inscutable mucky-muckssenior officers of this organization,
so please do your best to make the sad bastardhim welcome.
Your next raise depends on it.
NOTES:
These tags will work in all known e-mail clients, even though they are deprecated.
The inline style equivalent to this is: style="text-decoration: line-through;". This form is supported on all known e-mail clients.
Most of the time this tag is used on the Internet (and in e-mail) is in a humorous context. (*rolls eyes*)
I remember seeing many legal printings in which many pages consisted of text all stuck through
the middle, which was supposed to represent what was being replaced. I've also heard there are
entire legal publications in which all of the content is struck through. Hundreds of pages of it.
(*shakes head*) And it came to pass that the State of Beauracracy perished in a paper shortage,
as was foretold, etcetera...
This reference was created for Innovyx by Steve Cartoon Q3 2007. All rights reversed.