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  <html>
      <head>
          <title>OuterText Example</title>
          <style type="text/css">
              div.special {
                  background-color: red;
                  padding: 10px;
              }
          </style>
          <script type="text/javascript">
              function useOuterText() {
                  var oDiv = document.getElementById("div1");
                  oDiv.outerText = "This is some new text not inside a DIV.";
              }
          </script>
   
      </head>
      <body>
          <div id="div1" class="special">This is my original DIV</div>
          <input type="button" value="Use OuterText" onclick="useOuterText()" />
          <p><strong>Note: </strong> Firefox does not support the <code>innerText</code> property so this example will fail.</p>
  
      </body>
  </html>
  


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