: Can I insert tabs in quotations? Design/Indesign Here's a picture showing what I mean. Is it correct to tab quotations such as did here? Thank you!

@Martha945

What you're referring to is called a block quotation, typically "block quote" and is often used in print and web use.

Though I've used them many times myself, I feel Wikipedia does a better job of explaining than I do. By the way, the formatting of the excerpt below is an example of a block quote:


...a quotation in a written document, that is set off from the main text as a paragraph, or block of text, and typically distinguished visually using indentation and a different typeface or smaller size font...


The standards for when and how to use block quotes will depend on which (if any) style manual you are trying to adhere to (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). If this is not a professional publication that needs to conform to a standard, then there aren't really any hard-set rules, other than the elimination of quotation marks and indenting the entire block from the body text.

If you are referring to the indentation of the first line within the block quote itself then no, don't do that.

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