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tinyimage This paragraph is indented using a tiny image. The image is white, but the background is a different color, so the image is visible. If the background was white also, the image would not be distinct from the background and the paragraph would appear to be indented using other methods or by pressing the tab key if typed in a text document.

To quote a person on a webpage, you might want to use a command like blockquote. This places the text so that it is formatted differently to inform the reader that the text is a quote and not the authors words or beliefs.

     This text is preformatted.
It appears exactly how I type it.           I could use this method to make a chart.
      More    text.             More text.