HTML Blockquote Element Format a Quote with the Block Element
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HTML Blockquote Element Format a Quote with the Block Element
The <BLOCKQUOTE> element is useful in those instances when you want to show a large amount of text of several sentences or more as a quote. Create a new paragraph using the
element or start a new line with the <BR> element and then use quotation marks if the text block you want to display as a quote is only a sentence or two.
The <BLOCKQUOTE> element causes a line break, thereby creating a block of text. Also, it indents text from the left and the right. You still need to add the quotation marks manually, though. Here’s the code you might use to display a quotation as a block of text:
<BODY>
This text precedes the quote.
<BLOCKQUOTE>“This element creates a line break and indents text on the left and the right. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.”
This text succeeds the quote.