some basic HTML tags

Take a look at what you see here then take a look at the source code.

That line is called a horizontal rule.

Here's one that is 10 pixels fat

Here's one that is 10 pixels fat and without the default shaded look

The spaces between each line of text can be made with the line break tag,
the paragraph tag or by making lists.

This is an ordered list -

This is an unordered list -

This is a link

Now lets make some text really big
and really small

and red, green and blue.

In order to format your page more specifically tables can be made
Cathy	Jerre	Linda	Asuka
Robert	Laura Lee	Tuan	Richard
Nate	Brad	Shaun	Eric
Tracy	Megan	Joan	Josh

Another table without a border and with a blue background
Cathy	Jerre	Linda	Asuka
Robert	Laura Lee	Tuan	Richard
Nate	Brad	Shaun	Eric
Tracy	Megan	Joan	Josh

Now, let's bring in an image.