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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
On of the older forum members had replied to a question of mine on how to insert a member's answer into your posting but I have forgotten because I haven't used the skill for awhile. I thought that it was Quote:
insert member response [\quote] but I see it is not that could it be at the end. Please help. |
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New Member
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In Reply or quick reply, there is a blue underlined link that says Forum Code. Click it and there's instructions for quote(scroll down, third from the bottom) and much more.
Good Luck!
Edited by wayforwarded
08/16/2012 5:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I guess you can type in the quote delimiters at the beginning and end, but I do it this way.
I cut and paste the portion of post I want to include in my response. (of course this should be done when you use the reply to post option, not the quick reply)
Once you paste the information into your new post,
highlight the text and click the quote tab (second to last tab on the Format line)
By clicking that tab the [/quote] delimiters will appear at the start and end of the text. That text will will be highlighted when you post your new reply.
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Moderator
 United States
189603 Posts |
How to QuoteIf you are using the Quick Reply box... Type [quIf you are using the Reply to Topic link... Paste the text you want to quite, highlight it, then press the 'Insert Quote' button:  So this... [qu ote]Quoted Text[/qu ote] Looks like this... Quote:
Quoted Text
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Jbuck always has a very good way of explaining things ..
Thanks Jbuck!
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New Member
Canada
24 Posts |
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Jbuck always has a very good way of explaining things Got it |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
815 Posts |
It seems like a "reply with quote" button would be so much easier...
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Moderator
United States
189603 Posts |
... to abuse.  Quoting here is intentionally designed so that hopefully it is only used as necessary. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
815 Posts |
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Posted Today 12 Hrs 25 Min ago
Quoting here is intentionally designed so that hopefully it is only used as necessary. How so? If I am replying to you, it makes sense to quote the pertinent text. At the very least, the quote system should indicate the source. |
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Moderator
United States
189603 Posts |
Like this... Quote:Quote:Quote:Quote:
Jbuck always has a very good way of explaining things It seems like a "reply with quote" button would be so much easier... ... to abuse. Quoting here is intentionally designed so that hopefully it is only used as necessary. How so? If I am replying to you, it makes sense to quote the pertinent text. At the very least, the quote system should indicate the source. Every forum with a "reply with quote" feature is littered with posts like this... and worse. Doing it the way we do it forces one to only quote what is necessary. |
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
I once participated in crashing an entire forum by overly abusing nested quotes.
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Posted 08/16/2012 7:12 pm
