Preacherman
May 31, 2003, 10:05 AM
Hello, all. I've noticed some people are trying novel ways to quote from other posts in their replies to a thread. The easy way is like this:
1. Go to the reply screen.
2. Scroll down the page. Below the reply screen, you'll see the first 25 responses to the thread. If there are more than 25 responses, you'll see this message at the bottom of the replies:This thread has more than 25 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.Click on the word "here" to display them all.
3. Select the post from which you wish to quote, highlight the text you want to quote, and while holding down the CTRL key, press C. This copies the text you've highlighted into the Windows clipboard.
4. Scroll back up to your reply screen. Making sure the cursor is at the end of text you've already typed, press the "Quote" button. This will bring up a window. Place the cursor in the quote box, and while holding down the CTRL key, press V. This will paste the text you previously copied into the "Quote" window. Now press "OK", and that text will be inserted into your response, like the quote I did in point 2 above.
You can do this as many times as you need to, and all the quotes will appear between lines, separate from your own text. You can apply the same technique to quoting from anywhere else: just highlight the text you want to copy, copy it into the Windows Clipboard, then go to the reply screen and use the Quote button to include it (or simply use CTRL+V to paste it without attribution). Much easier (and more readable) than some of the improvisations we've been seeing...
1. Go to the reply screen.
2. Scroll down the page. Below the reply screen, you'll see the first 25 responses to the thread. If there are more than 25 responses, you'll see this message at the bottom of the replies:This thread has more than 25 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.Click on the word "here" to display them all.
3. Select the post from which you wish to quote, highlight the text you want to quote, and while holding down the CTRL key, press C. This copies the text you've highlighted into the Windows clipboard.
4. Scroll back up to your reply screen. Making sure the cursor is at the end of text you've already typed, press the "Quote" button. This will bring up a window. Place the cursor in the quote box, and while holding down the CTRL key, press V. This will paste the text you previously copied into the "Quote" window. Now press "OK", and that text will be inserted into your response, like the quote I did in point 2 above.
You can do this as many times as you need to, and all the quotes will appear between lines, separate from your own text. You can apply the same technique to quoting from anywhere else: just highlight the text you want to copy, copy it into the Windows Clipboard, then go to the reply screen and use the Quote button to include it (or simply use CTRL+V to paste it without attribution). Much easier (and more readable) than some of the improvisations we've been seeing...