Creating a note section

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Then you can use the new command \notte derived from the environment quote:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength{\Lnote}
\newcommand{\notte}[1]
     {\addtolength{\leftmargini}{4em}
        \settowidth{\Lnote}{\textbf{Note:~}}
        \begin{quote}
            \rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\leftmargini}{1pt}\\
                        \mbox{}\hspace{-\Lnote}\textbf{Note:~}%
                                            #1\\[-0.5ex] 
            \rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\leftmargini}{1pt}
        \end{quote}
        \addtolength{\leftmargini}{-4em}}

\begin{document}
    \lipsum[3]

        \notte{To create a note section like in the picture, use the command \texttt{notte}.}

    \lipsum[4]

        \notte{Another note}
\end{document}

An inevitable tcolorbox solution, providing a lot of configuration possibilities. The default shift of the Note: is set to 1.5cm, but this can be changed by the option nodeshift=...

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\makeatletter
\NewDocumentCommand{\mynote}{+O{}+m}{%
  \begingroup
  \tcbset{%
    noteshift/.store in=\mynote@shift,
    noteshift=1.5cm
  }
  \begin{tcolorbox}[nobeforeafter,
    enhanced,
    sharp corners,
    toprule=1pt,
    bottomrule=1pt,
    leftrule=0pt,
    rightrule=0pt,
    colback=yellow!20,
    #1,
    left skip=\mynote@shift,
    right skip=\mynote@shift,
    overlay={\node[right] (mynotenode) at ([xshift=-\mynote@shift]frame.west) {\textbf{Note:}} ;},
    ]
    #2
  \end{tcolorbox}
  \endgroup
  }
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\blindtext

\mynote{Brontosaurs are thin at one end, thick in the middle and thin again at the other end}

% Exaggerated example
\mynote[noteshift=4cm,colback=green!40]{Brontosaurs are thin at one end, thick in the middle and thin again at the other end}

\end{document}

A solution with tabularx, makecell and linegoal:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[svgnames, table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabularx, makecell, linegoal}

\usepackage{lipsum}% only for example text

\newcommand{\mynote}[1]{\medskip\par\textbf{\small Note}\quad\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}\begin{tabularx}{\linegoal}{X}
\Xhline{1pt}
\rowcolor{WhiteSmoke!80!Lavender}#1 \\
\Xhline{1pt}
\end{tabularx}}

    \begin{document}
\sffamily
    \lipsum[2]

\mynote{Internal pullup resistors are enabled on the MSP430F20xx to support l\textsuperscript{2}C communication}

    \end{document}

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