The Quote macro allows you to present a section of text as a quote or citation, allowing you to add further information in the form of a response. This is similar to the way people sometimes reply to email messages, by adding their responses immediately after citations of the originator's text.

For example, when adding a comment to a Confluence page or blog and you wish to cite some content on it, you can do so with this macro as follows:

This is similar to the way people sometimes reply to email messages, by adding their responses immediately after citations of the originator's text.

I often reply to other's email messages in this manner.

Usage

What you need to type

What you will get

The Lorem Ipsum creates nonsense Latin space filler text like this:
{quote}
{loremipsum:1}
{quote}
I can't make head or tail of this.

The Lorem Ipsum creates nonsense Latin space filler text like this:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam fermentum vestibulum est. Cras rhoncus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Sed quis tortor. Donec non ipsum. Mauris condimentum, odio nec porta tristique, ante neque malesuada massa, in dignissim eros velit at tellus. Donec et risus in ligula eleifend consectetur. Donec volutpat eleifend augue. Integer gravida sodales leo. Nunc vehicula neque ac erat. Vivamus non nisl. Fusce ac magna. Suspendisse euismod libero eget mauris.

I can't make head or tail of this.

Parameters

This macro accepts no parameters.

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