CSS Layout How to - Vertically center multi-lined text in div with a tag

Question

We would like to know how to vertically center multi-lined text in div with a tag.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
div {<!--from  w w w  .  j a v  a  2s.  c o  m-->
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  text-align: center;
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="div">
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      markup language used for structuring web pages and formatting
      content. The most recent iteration of HTML is HTML5...</a>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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