I've been running into a lot of writing job descriptions requiring an ability to "format" articles "in HTML." I know a little about the concept of coding, and I understand the idea of HTML as a coding language, but I'm not sure what they mean by using it to "format" a piece of writing.
Whenever I search for this information online, I get a whole bunch of very confusing articles about how to write HTML code and what HTML5 is and then how to use CSS (and so on and so on), but nothing that clearly and simply explains (1) what formatting text in it means or (2) why/for what purpose an article should be formatted in HTML.
If someone could just help me understand WHAT an article formatted in HTML is/looks like/does differently than an article that is just written, saved, and uploaded as a non-coded document, and WHY someone would want one formatted in HTML, I would greatly appreciate it!
What I have tried:
I've tried searching for this information online, but what I've been finding is more complicated than helpful. I don't want a 6-hour course on it! I just want to know what it means to format in HTML and why it's done this way as opposed to a simple document upload.