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the browser window. Either approach will produce the result shown in
Figure 7-20.

A

with no items
Marking a text element as an unordered list will set the text on a left-indent.
As long as you don’t add any list items (
• ) within the list, no bullets will
  appear.
  
  
  
  Successful deep fat frying depends greatly on the correct
  temperature of the oil. ...
  
  
  

  A

  without its term
  A definition (
  ) within a definition list (

  ) will also be set with the
  standard left indent. It’s fine to omit the term from the list. I’ve seen definition
  lists set within definition lists to create deeper levels of indent (it’s not pretty,
  but it works).

  
  

  
  

  Successful deep fat frying depends greatly on the correct
  temperature of the oil. ...
  

  
  

  
  

  Figure 7-19: Setting off text with

  
  

  Figure 7-20: Indented text

  
  

  <blockquote>
  
  Successful deep fat frying depends greatly on the correct
  
  temperature of the oil. ...
  
  </blockquote>