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Old Oct 12, 2010, 07:12 AM
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Sorry for the dumb question, but please humour the technologically impaired (yes, that's the new term for stupid )

How do I quote someone elses messages in a reply? (Don't laugh)
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Old Oct 12, 2010, 07:51 AM
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Click How to use quotes? and then click 'Add Reply'
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Old Oct 12, 2010, 07:53 AM
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Or just click How to use quotes? and it will come up with the quote.
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Old Oct 12, 2010, 04:09 PM
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Or just click How to use quotes? and it will come up with the quote.

Ahhhh... ok
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How to use quotes?

or click on the square shaped word balloon in the tool bar (next to the smilie) and copy and paste between these
Quote:
in here
or, type those yourself:
type [ then QUOTE, then ]
then insert the words you want to quote by either copy/paste or just typing them, then
type [, then /QUOTE, then ].

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Old Oct 12, 2010, 05:23 PM
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Old Oct 12, 2010, 10:18 PM
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thanks peg and echoes!
you got it, JustAPixie !
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 12:35 AM
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For anyone who might want to know even more about quoting (and multi-quoting), there's a tutorial on the subject here:
FAQ and Tutorial - Quoting and Multi-Quoting
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 04:06 AM
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I've never known how to multi-quote - thanks to Echoes, I've just figured it out.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:26 AM
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To multi-quote just click How to use quotes? on all the posts you want to quote and then when you click 'Add Reply' they are all there for you.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by JustAPixie View Post
Sorry for the dumb question, but please humour the technologically impaired (yes, that's the new term for stupid )

How do I quote someone elses messages in a reply? (Don't laugh)
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
Click How to use quotes? and then click 'Add Reply'
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
Or just click How to use quotes? and it will come up with the quote.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAPixie View Post
Ahhhh... ok
Quote:
Originally Posted by ECHOES View Post
How to use quotes?

or click on the square shaped word balloon in the tool bar (next to the smilie) and copy and paste between these

or, type those yourself:
type [ then QUOTE, then ]
then insert the words you want to quote by either copy/paste or just typing them, then
type [, then /QUOTE, then ].

finis
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thanks peg and echoes!
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Originally Posted by ECHOES View Post
you got it, JustAPixie !
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For anyone who might want to know even more about quoting (and multi-quoting), there's a tutorial on the subject here:
FAQ and Tutorial - Quoting and Multi-Quoting
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I've never known how to multi-quote - thanks to Echoes, I've just figured it out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
To multi-quote just click How to use quotes? on all the posts you want to quote and then when you click 'Add Reply' they are all there for you.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:34 AM
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To multi-quote just click How to use quotes? on all the posts you want to quote and then when you click 'Add Reply' they are all there for you.
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I've never known how to multi-quote - thanks to Echoes, I've just figured it out.
Cool!
............
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:36 AM
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For anyone who might want to know even more about quoting (and multi-quoting), there's a tutorial on the subject here:
FAQ and Tutorial - Quoting and Multi-Quoting
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabrina View Post
I've never known how to multi-quote - thanks to Echoes, I've just figured it out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
To multi-quote just click How to use quotes? on all the posts you want to quote and then when you click 'Add Reply' they are all there for you.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabrina View Post
Cool!
............

This is fun.....
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:37 AM
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Cool!
............
Yep! You got it!
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 06:38 AM
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Cool!
............
Quote:
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This is fun.....
Indeed!
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 07:12 AM
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Like this!
Quote:
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Cool!
............
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Originally Posted by JustAPixie View Post
This is fun.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
Yep! You got it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
Indeed!
This isn't what I wanted. I wanted all the quotes quoted. And I don't see "Add Reply".
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 07:16 AM
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Add reply is at the bottom left direct after the post, not at the bottom with quick reply, you can click the reply of any post. What do you mean all the quotes quoted?
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 07:28 AM
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What do you mean all the quotes quoted?
The quotes within the quotes.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 07:37 AM
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Add reply is at the bottom left direct after the post, not at the bottom with quick reply, you can click the reply of any post. What do you mean all the quotes quoted?
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The quotes within the quotes.
Or you can follow this way too. This stands all the quoting off from your own verbage.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 02:35 PM
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The quotes within the quotes.
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Or you can follow this way too. This stands all the quoting off from your own verbage.
WHAT way? How do you do it?

I seem to have done something, but I don't know what or how.
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Old Oct 13, 2010, 03:21 PM
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You mean this?
you mean that right?

Quote:
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Without spacing: [ quote ] [ quote ] quoted text here [ /quote] [ /quote ]
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