Hi! From the HTML 4.01 specs:
"The P element represents a paragraph." A paragraph is a division of text that semantically belongs together. "The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents. These elements define content to be inline (SPAN) or block-level (DIV) but impose no other presentational idioms on the content. Thus, authors may use these elements in conjunction with style sheets, the lang attribute, etc., to tailor HTML to their own needs and tastes." DIVs and SPANs have no semantic meaning. They can be used to divide the HTML document in groups that belong together, like navigation, content... The DIV element may contain other block elements, Ps may not, they can only contain text and inline elements. So P says more than DIV: It's a paragraph. "The HR element causes a horizontal rule to be rendered by visual user agents." A horizontal rule is a visual divider. It has no semantic meaning, but can get some in the context. Like others mentioned it is one of the visual HTML elements that might be useful. I tend to don't use it though. regards Martin ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
