Blocks

Both static and flow content consists of one or more blocks of information. A small number of elements represent block-like information items, and these elements can be used in any order and quantity. They are used to create simple text blocks (such as paragraphs), lists and tables. The content of these elements is assigned to block areas that are stacked on top of each other (in the top-to-bottom writing direction).

Text block

The Block element is used to create paragraphs, titles and other simple text block objects. It can contain text, in-line objects, and even embedded blocks. Some blocks may contain all three.

In the following example, ...

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