Learning HTML:

This was extracted from Microsoft's "Excel and the Web," http://www.microsoft.com/exceldev/articles/ch11.htm :

F Y I: New to HTML?

To get the most out of this section, you should be familiar with HTML. Space constraints prevent a discussion of HTML syntax and usage here, but the following web sites provide good information on HTML:

• The Microsoft Internet Center:
  http://www.microsoft.com/internet/html.htm 
• Microsoft’s HTML guide:
  http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/newhtml/default.htm 
• A quick HTML tutorial for the novice:
  http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/plan/novice-f.htm 
• The popular Beginner’s Guide to HTML from NCSA:
  http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html 
• An HTML library in compiled online help format:
  http://subnet.virtual-pc.com/~le387818/