# HTML <p> Tag

## Example

A paragraph is marked up as follows:

<p>This is some text in a paragraph.</p>
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## Definition and Usage

The <p> tag defines a paragraph.

Browsers automatically add some space (margin) before and after each <p> element. The margins can be modified with CSS (with the margin properties).

## Browser Support

Element |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
<p> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes

## Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The align attribute is not supported in HTML5.

## Attributes

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
align | left right center justify | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the text within a paragraph

## Global Attributes

The <p> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

## Event Attributes

The <p> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

## Try it Yourself - Examples

More paragraphs
Some default behaviors of paragraphs.

Poem problems
Examples of how you can NOT write a poem in HTML.

## Related Pages

HTML tutorial: HTML Paragraphs

HTML DOM reference: Paragraph Object

## Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <p> element with the following default values:

## Example

p {
display: block;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
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