Let's start out with Heading tags.  These tags are good for creating titles or section headings.  Here are some examples:

< H1 >Large Heading!< /H1 >  will give us:

Large Heading!

< H2 >Heading 2< /H2 >

Heading 2

< H3 >Heading 3< /H3 >

Heading 3

< H4 >Getting Small< /H4 >

Getting Small

< H5 >Smaller Still...< /H5 >

Smaller Still...

< H6 >You must have good vision...< /H6 >

You must have good vision...

        Now let's move on to a line break.  The tag for a line break is < BR >.  When you insert this tag in your document, the contents will go to the next line.  The   < BR > tag does not need a closing tag afterward.   Here is an example:

End this line now!!< BR >Thanks!

This will generate the following:

End this line now!!
Thanks!

     Basically, a line break is like hitting the "enter" key when you are writing text. The browser will not go to the next line until it runs out of space, or sees a tag that will force it to the next line. So typing the following in your text editor will display only one line of text in the browser:

Hello,
I want
a new line.

This gives us:

Hello, I want a new line.

To make the text move to the next line, use your < BR > tag from above:

Hello,< BR >
I want< BR >
a new line.

Now this will do what we wanted it to:

Hello,
I want
a new line.

     Now,  let's move on to the paragraph tag, < P >.  This tag will skip a vertical space after going to the next line, as though you had typed < B R> twice.  This tag is good for skipping a line quickly and for knowing where you wanted a new paragraph to begin.  How about an example? Well, O.K.:

This is some cool stuff.
< BR >
This is the next line.
< P >
This is a new paragraph.  Is this cool or what?

This will give us the following:

This is some cool stuff.
This is the next line.

This is a new paragraph.  Is this cool or what?

     The paragraph tag does not require a closing tag,  but if you'd like to add one for your own reference,  you place a < /P > where you would like the paragraph to end, like this:

< P >
This paragraph needs a visual ending!
< /P >
< P >
Here is a new paragraph....< BR >
and the end.
< /P >

This will give you the same thing as using just the opening < P > tags, like this:

< P >
This paragraph needs a visual ending!
< P >
Here is a new paragraph....< BR >
and the end.
 
Both of these will give you this:

This paragraph needs a visual ending!

Here is a new paragraph....
and the end.

Lets go look at some TEXT TAGS for you to play with.