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HTML provides some character-level elements that allow you to associate style with character strings. You can also remove any associated style from a character string.
To remove style from a character string
Note: You can also select styles directly from the keyboard. Keyboard shortcuts are listed on the Xhtml > Information Type submenu and in the following table.
Table 1: Style Menu Commands
| Style Menu Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Related button | 
| Emphasis (em) | 
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| Strong | 
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| Cite | 
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| Definition (dfn) | 
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| Code | 
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| Variable (var) | 
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| Sample (samp) | 
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| Keyboard (kbd) | 
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| Abbreviation (abbr) | 
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| Acronym | 
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| Insertion (ins) | 
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| Deletion (del) | 
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Note: The attributes of all style commands attributed to any character string are removed when you highlight that text and reselect the style commands.