Formatting Block Quotes

It is standard formatting practice on web pages to indent largish chunks of quoted text. Sandvox does not currently provide a means to format text as a block quote. There is, however, a fairly easy workaround, similar to the one for inserting bullet points or tables.

In Word, or in another word processor capable of generating rich text, create a table with one row and two columns. Size the first column so that its width corresponds to the width of the indentation you desire. A value of .5 inches looks fairly natural. In the second column, type or paste the text you wish to quote. Copy the whole table and then paste it into Sandvox at the appropriate location. Voilá! A block quote.

Several things are worth noting:

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