#### 30.4.3 Overriding properties added by typographic elements

To override properties added by typographic elements:

[HTMLParaStyles] or [HTMLCharStyles]
; Format (para or char) = keywords for functions and properties
; Bold, Ital, ULine, and Strike apply those char props to text
; Plain turns all four of those char properties off by default.

These are properties added by typographic elements, as opposed to CSS. The use case is for browsers that have poor support for CSS, such as JavaHelp and, to some degree, Eclipse Help. For current popular browsers, you are better off using CSS. However, if you are stuck with a company-mandated CSS and want to tweak something, you can use these properties as overrides.

To eliminate bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough properties (<b>, <i>, <u>, and <strike> tags) from selected paragraph or character formats:

[HTMLParaStyles] or [HTMLCharStyles]
Format = Plain

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Parent Topic: 30.4 Assigning properties to text formats

Sibling Topics:

30.4.1 Understanding where to specify format property overrides

30.4.2 Overriding paragraph alignment and size properties

30.4.4 Overriding properties specified in font tags

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