Best way to learn HTML is to buy and HTML book, make sure it has a LIST of HTML commands somewhere (most books that teach html have chapter after chapter of pure gibberish).
Heck, if you want to learn html I could even make you an example webpage filled with "this command does this"... and all you have to do is make about 20 pages on your own to practice and you will get it. HTML is really simple. Tables and Frames and Forms are a wee bit advanced stuff, but any half-assed editor will do them for you, and then you just edit the html to fit your needs =)