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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: The "[Q.....]" function dalehileman #188460 12/24/09 09:34 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: dal Likely I'm missing some vital detail in its manipulation step one: reply (don't quote!) step two: copy and paste message from "In response to" block step three: highlite the text you want to reply to and click " button (you should delete any previous text that you didn't quote highlite) step four: (optional) change {quote} header to {quote=dal*} step five: insert your comments after {/quote} repeat as required... *or whomever you're quoting!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The "[Q.....]" function tsuwm #188466 12/25/09 05:04 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Poster: tsuwm Subject: Re: The "[Q.....]" function Originally Posted By: dal Likely I'm missing some vital detail in its manipulation Quote: step one: reply (don't quote!) step two: copy and paste message from "In response to" block tsu that's a neat trick. Until today I wasn't even aware of the 'in response to' block Quote: Quote: step three: highlite the text you want to reply to and click " button (you should delete any previous text that you didn't quote highlite) step four: (optional) change {quote} header to {quote=dal*} If it's optional I'll skip it, anything that simplifies the process Quote: step five: insert your comments after {/quote} repeat as required... *or whomever you're quoting!! Well let's see how it worked Wow! now I get it in spite of my various senior moments which have so hampered my progress in these matters When I read your post #188458 my immediate reaction was, why hell that's the way I always used to do it, entailing copy-paste of the original. Trouble was, of course, that approach deprived me of the editing icons so that I had to enter each quotation mark manually ...whereas with your stratagem above they're so readily evoked. Again thank you for your aid and prodigious forbearance dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,396 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (1 invisible), 743 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,921 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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