[WEB4LIB] De-activating code in text

[Gimon, Charles A]

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--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: J.M. Latham
To: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: 6/30/01 16:38
Subject: [WEB4LIB] De-activating code in text

Sorry if this has come up before but ...

I need to be able to deactivate the code within text.

Example:  I am trying to write a guide in HTML re: how to use basic CSS.

When I type out the code to "comment out" text from a stylesheet in
older
browswers, all my own work disappears.

I know there must be an HTML code that says "don't act on the following
code -- just here for amusement" but I can't find it ... well, not
quickly, at least.

Any help?

Joyce