You can use < pre > and < /pre > tags (w/o spaces) to preserve tags and formatting.

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/startup.htm" target=_blank>my site</a>

>Substitute the "lessthan" for the < sign and same with "greaterthan". I don't know how to add html tags in this reply so used those words.
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>>This opens the link in a new IE window:
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>>(lessthan a href="http://www.mysite.com/startup.htm" target="_blank" greaterthan >http://www.dilbert.com/"]
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>>The target="_blank" is the one that opens the page in a new window.
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>>HTH