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From: Leina Elgohari
Date: Fri, Apr 19 2024 8:20AM
Subject: WebAIM-Forum Digest, Vol 229, Issue 14
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> 1. Re: [EXTERNAL] - blockquote (Dave Comeau)
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> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:42:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] [EXTERNAL] - blockquote
> I'm attaching a screenshot of a sample document based on my interpretation.
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> I think if you have multiple paragraphs inside the blockquote, then your
> second example is the ideal tag structure. If you have a single paragraph,
> you can use your first example. This is similar to how you'd use a <TD> or
> <Lbody> tag.
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> The Div doesn't usually serve any purpose for assistive technologies, but
> useful for your own organization and readability of the tag tree.
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> Hope that helps,
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> David Comeau
> OpenText - Sr. Software Development Manager - Output Transformation
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] - [WebAIM] blockquote
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> I'm curious about using the blockquote tag in a pdf. While it's clear how
> to use it in HTML, there's not much guidance on it in PDFs other than it's
> used for one or more paragraphs attributed to another writer/speaker.
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> So is it tagged like this?
> <BlockQuote>
> quoted Text
> another paragraph of quoted text
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> or
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> <BlockQuote>
> <P>quoted text
> <P> another paragraph of quoted text
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> or does it all go in a Div tag?
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> <Div>
> <BlockQuote>
> <P> etc
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