Quoting Text
There are two special tags for marking quoted text so that you can identify its author, origin, and language. Block-level quotes are generally indented by browsers. Inline quotes are supposed to be automatically enclosed in quotation marks but are not widely supported.
To quote block-level text:
1. | Type <blockquote to begin a block-level quote.
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2. | If desired, type cite="url", where url is the address of the source of the quote.
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3. | Type > to complete the opening tag.
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4. | Type the text that you wish to appear set off from the preceding and following text, including any desired (X)HTML tags.
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5. | Type </blockquote> to complete the element.
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Figure 4.11. A block quote can be as short or as long as you need. You can even divide it into ...
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