Quotes
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Wow, that's a great question.
I have been wondering the same thing.
Maybe it's in the newbie guide? I didn't see it there.
Sydney
I have been wondering the same thing.
Maybe it's in the newbie guide? I didn't see it there.
Sydney
BOBST said:
It's easy, go to the person's thread - bottom right hand corner - "quote" and and off to the races! Good luck!Sydney said:
Ooops, sorry, I read too fast. Cut the quote out and then paste it into the reply. That is how I do it, if someone knows of a better, more efficient way, please share.
Moving quotes from post to post
I've done this a few times. There may be an easier way, but the following worked for me:
Cut the text from the thread you want to quote.
Paste it into your new post.
At the beginning and end of the post, type the following but REPLACE the round brackets (i.e. "(" or ")" ) with the square brackets (i.e. "[" or "]" ) when you type them (I tried to do it with square brackets as an example but the system automatically converted each one into a formatting command and didn't print them!):
(QUOTE) - at the begining of the quote
(B) - at the beginning of the text you want to have bolded
(i) - at the begining of the text you want to have italicized
(/i) - at the end of the text you want to have italicized
(/B) - at the end of the text you want to have bolded
(/QUOTE) - at the end of the quote
If you hit "Quote" at the end of someone's post, their post will be quoted in your reply. You will then see the above codes inserted as part of the quote. When you hit reply to save the reply and post it to the thread, the codes are converted to the standard formatting you see in quotes that people use.
For example, you'd type the following (but with the round brackets typed as square brackets):
(QUOTE)(B)(i) originally posted by Penhold - NOT!!!
then insert text of the quote
then type: (/i)(/B)(/QUOTE)
This produces the following:
There may be an easier way, and if so no doubt someone will point it out. In the meantime, this method works for me.
Penhold
I've done this a few times. There may be an easier way, but the following worked for me:
Cut the text from the thread you want to quote.
Paste it into your new post.
At the beginning and end of the post, type the following but REPLACE the round brackets (i.e. "(" or ")" ) with the square brackets (i.e. "[" or "]" ) when you type them (I tried to do it with square brackets as an example but the system automatically converted each one into a formatting command and didn't print them!):
(QUOTE) - at the begining of the quote
(B) - at the beginning of the text you want to have bolded
(i) - at the begining of the text you want to have italicized
(/i) - at the end of the text you want to have italicized
(/B) - at the end of the text you want to have bolded
(/QUOTE) - at the end of the quote
If you hit "Quote" at the end of someone's post, their post will be quoted in your reply. You will then see the above codes inserted as part of the quote. When you hit reply to save the reply and post it to the thread, the codes are converted to the standard formatting you see in quotes that people use.
For example, you'd type the following (but with the round brackets typed as square brackets):
(QUOTE)(B)(i) originally posted by Penhold - NOT!!!
then insert text of the quote
then type: (/i)(/B)(/QUOTE)
This produces the following:
There may be an easier way, and if so no doubt someone will point it out. In the meantime, this method works for me.
Penhold
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1. Go to the post in the thread that you want to quote from. Hit "quote" on the post.
2. Then block and copy the entire quoted post (inclusive of the "quote" formatting commands. )
3. Quit that post, go to the thread you want to post, hit "Post a Reply", paste in your tranferred quote and you're done.
That is how I transferred hitrack's post from his "CBC is good for sumptin" thread, quoted below:
2. Then block and copy the entire quoted post (inclusive of the "quote" formatting commands. )
3. Quit that post, go to the thread you want to post, hit "Post a Reply", paste in your tranferred quote and you're done.
That is how I transferred hitrack's post from his "CBC is good for sumptin" thread, quoted below:
hitrack said:
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It must also be helpful to have PERB open in 2 browsers correct?
The first, where you're getting the quotes from and the second, where you are copying to and will post from.
?
Sydney
The first, where you're getting the quotes from and the second, where you are copying to and will post from.
?
Sydney
I'd like to add, please don't "quote" an entire huge long post if you don't need to. Usually you don't even need to quote another post to add your two cents to a thread.
If you feel that you need to make a reference to another post, you can edit the entire quote and only keep the one or two words or sentences that you really need.
I feel that quotes that really aren't needed just make the thread longer and I usually don't even read the quoted portions anyway, I just scroll past them. If we eliminate unneeded quotes it just makes the posts quicker and easier to read.
Just my opinion....
If you feel that you need to make a reference to another post, you can edit the entire quote and only keep the one or two words or sentences that you really need.
I feel that quotes that really aren't needed just make the thread longer and I usually don't even read the quoted portions anyway, I just scroll past them. If we eliminate unneeded quotes it just makes the posts quicker and easier to read.
Just my opinion....
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