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From: Dave Comeau
Date: Apr 18, 2024 9:42AM

I'm attaching a screenshot of a sample document based on my interpretation.

I think if you have multiple paragraphs inside the blockquote, then your se=
cond example is the ideal tag structure. If you have a single paragraph, y=
ou can use your first example. This is similar to how you'd use a <TD> or =
<Lbody> tag.

The Div doesn't usually serve any purpose for assistive technologies, but u=
seful for your own organization and readability of the tag tree.

Hope that helps,
Dave

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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.

So is it tagged like this?
<BlockQuote>
quoted Text
another paragraph of quoted text

or

<BlockQuote>
<P>quoted text
<P> another paragraph of quoted text

or does it all go in a Div tag?

<Div>
<BlockQuote>
<P> etc

Thanks

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Laura Roberts
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