HTML Syntax

<span
   class = classname
   datafld = colname
   dataformatas = html | text
   datasrc = #id
   id = value
   style = css_style_rules
   title = text
>

The SPAN element encloses an inline section of content. A SPAN is especially useful for applying CSS styles to specific sections within a block.

To enclose blocks of content, authors can use the DIV element.

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

<p>Here is a sentence with <span style="color:blue;
  font:italic bold 11pt bookman,times,serif">a span
  of text in bold, italic blue serif.</span></p>

Here is a sentence with a span of text in bold, italic blue serif.

DIV