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Usage

The address element represents the contact information for the section it applies to. If it applies to the body element, then it instead applies to the document as a whole.

<address>Copyright &copy; 2007 <a href="mailto:john@example.com">John Doe</a> </address>

Attributes

• align
• clear
• height
• width

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | appears in DOM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | | applies style | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |

Further reading

• The address element in HTML 5
• The address element in HTML 4
• The address element on MSDN
• The history of the address element on blooberry.com