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===Missing Div tags===
===Missing Div tags===
In the last contributor meeting, Jane Colmenares said that missing <nowiki><div></nowiki> tags were “bane of her existence.” She was referring to the difficulty of finding missing <nowiki><div></nowiki> or <nowiki></div></nowiki> tags in articles that can really mess up a page. It might be for you as well. You can use '''Ctrl+F''' to find all the div tags but it will not help you find matching pairs of opening and closing <nowiki><div></nowiki> tags.
People had said the missing <nowiki><div></nowiki> tags have caused more headacks than just about any coding problem they have run into. What they have referred to is the difficulty of finding missing <nowiki><div></nowiki> or <nowiki></div></nowiki> tags in articles which  can really mess up a page. You will undoubtly run into this problem as well. You can use '''Ctrl+F''' to find all the div tags but it will not help you find matching pairs of opening and closing <nowiki><div></nowiki> tags.
<p>Here is a suggestion to try that might help you find them a little easier:
<p>Here is a suggestion to try that might help you find them a little easier:
</p> <p>Download a free software program called '''Notepad++'''. It works just like Notepad which comes with your windows program. Put these four lines of code on a new page in Notepad++.  
</p> <p>Download a free software program called '''Notepad++'''. It works just like Notepad which comes with your windows program. Put these four lines of code on a new page in Notepad++.