I downloaded a program called 'semagic'. You can find it in LJ on the dark blue taskbar under 'about' and click on downloads. Then you can pick whichever one you want. click on what version of windows you have and go from there. It rocks my world- all you need is right there- automatically figures out HTML for you. and if you hit alt I or alt B you'll get the HTML for italics or bold. enjoy!!