strong

Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)

Whitespace: Not protected

Definition

Marks text that should be rendered with greater weight than adjacent text. Generally, strong-marked text is rendered in boldface.

Code Sample

<para paraID="4">“Now for counsel more specific. <strong>Husbands and fathers:</strong> with your dear partner, shape attitudes at home. Establish a pattern of prayer. … You understand the principle of <emphasis>temporal</emphasis> self-reliance and try to provide for a year's supply, stored at home. Please also consider the need for <emphasis>spiritual</emphasis> food and self-reliance, … also stored at home” (Russell M. Nelson, in Conference Report, Apr. 1993, 51; or <emphasis>Ensign,</emphasis> May 1993, 40).</para>

Display Sample

“Now for counsel more specific. Husbands and fathers: with your dear partner, shape attitudes at home. Establish a pattern of prayer. … You understand the principle of temporal self-reliance and try to provide for a year's supply, stored at home. Please also consider the need for spiritual food and self-reliance, … also stored at home” (Russell M. Nelson, in Conference Report, Apr. 1993, 51; or Ensign, May 1993, 40).

Notes

In general, do not use strong to make elements like titles bold. This will be done globally in InDesign and on the Web.

Marking in Microsoft Word

Use the strong character style. To embed <strong> in another character style, apply the bold character attribute directly.