How do you insert a block quote?

[Chrissy Kay]

Hi Everyone! How's it goin'? I would like some advice relating to inserting
a block quote into your document. I used the paragraph indention, but no
luck!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

Tell us in more detail what you are trying to achieve - what do you mean by
a "block quote"

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[CyberTaz]

As Doug suggests the term "block quote" has various implications depending
on the frame of reference. Typically it involves both a left & right indent.
If you Google the term you'll find plenty of information.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 3/9/09 12:58 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Chrissy Kay" <Chrissy

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

If you are using W2003, apply the built-in block text style. It indents from
both left and right. For some reason, in W2007, the style text is blue,
italic, and the paragraph is inside borders—none of which you likely want for
a formal paper. You'll need to edit the style to get rid of the pretty stuff.



PamC

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I thought we had hashed this out with the product team and got them to
understand that Block Text or Block Quote does *not* mean the same thing as
Pull Quote, which is what the formatting they produced is intended for.
<sigh> Worse still, the default styles list includes Quote, which is just
Normal + Italic. <double sigh>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

What a relief. Here I was I was worried that I had messed up my normal.dotm
by somehow incorporating those bogus specs.

...You'd think it couldn't have hurt to add one more style.

I thought we had hashed this out with the product team and got them to
understand that Block Text or Block Quote does *not* mean the same thing as
Pull Quote, which is what the formatting they produced is intended for.
<sigh> Worse still, the default styles list includes Quote, which is just

If you are using W2003, apply the built-in block text style. It indents
from

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm really puzzled about this because this was a "bug" that was addressed by
several MVPs, and I could have sworn they'd told us it was fixed. Evidently
not. Maybe in Word 14...

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

What a relief. Here I was I was worried that I had messed up my
normal.dotm
by somehow incorporating those bogus specs.

..You'd think it couldn't have hurt to add one more style.

I thought we had hashed this out with the product team and got them to
understand that Block Text or Block Quote does *not* mean the same thing
as
Pull Quote, which is what the formatting they produced is intended for.
<sigh> Worse still, the default styles list includes Quote, which is just

If you are using W2003, apply the built-in block text style. It indents
from

[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]

a block quote into your document. I used the paragraph indention, but
no
luck!