Formatting
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It is a good idea to separate content from presentation. If you combine content with presentation (for instance by saying you want the text displayed in italics by using the italics tag) then this is meaningless for those using screen readers.
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Use emphasis () instead of italics () tags. Use strong () instead of bold () tags.
They will appear the same, but they sound different in a screen reader (italics are said in a normal voice, emphasis is said with emphasis).
Use style sheets rather than the font ()tag for all presentation.
Testing
Test by viewing the source code and looking for the tags.
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Checkpoint 11.2Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies.
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