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Post by ivyagogo on Jun 20, 2007 14:04:59 GMT -5
I don't understand how the quotes work, especially when you are quoting more than one posting in a single entry. I know, I'm stupid.
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Post by MarkUK on Jun 20, 2007 19:09:15 GMT -5
For the first quote, don't press 'Reply', press the 'Quote' button next to it. That will appear as the first part of your message.
For the second quote, you will need to write:
(quote)Cut and Paste the other quote here(/quote)
but use [ and ] instead of ( and )
There may be an easier way of doing this!
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Post by ivyagogo on Jun 20, 2007 21:09:41 GMT -5
But if you hit the quote button, it will quote the entire posting, not just parts of it. I've tried highlighting certain sections, but it always grabs the entire thing.
If you want to grab another quote here but it is on another page you can't do it, right? If you tried to, you'd lose the post you were currently working on. Is that the case?
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Post by MarkUK on Jun 20, 2007 22:46:53 GMT -5
You should be able to cut and paste either a whole post or a single letter by left clicking on your mouse, holding it down and running it over the text you want. Ctrl C and V does the rest.
I've PM'd somebody about this too, so hopefully you'll get a better answer.
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Post by ivyagogo on Jun 21, 2007 6:56:01 GMT -5
I've PM'd somebody about this too, so hopefully you'll get a better answer.
Thanks Mark
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Post by ivyagogo on Jun 21, 2007 6:56:30 GMT -5
Mark - I see that worked, but it didn't give me that cute quote box.
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Post by bloodshift on Jun 22, 2007 16:12:18 GMT -5
What I do is open 'quote' in another window for each one I want to use/respond to, and copy/paste the tags and relevant pieces from that window into the 'reply' field. Copy/pasting bits and pieces is an art rather than a science, and one I still haven't completely mastered.
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Post by bloodshift on Jun 22, 2007 19:02:57 GMT -5
I just wanted to add that obviously you can open new tabs for each quote instead of new windows if you're using Firefox (as I do).
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