The <span> tag

<span>

Purpose

Defines a text area that is not in the document language.

Attributes

• xml:lang

Content

• em

• strong

• comment

• note

• Plain Text

The span is within a paragraph. Whole paragraphs in another language than the document language get the

The xml:lang attribute

The required locale is for ODF document spell check control.

The attribute has the form <Language code>-<Country code>, where the language code is according to ISO 639-1, and the country code is according to ISO 3166-2.

Example: en-GB is for British English.