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How to quote a post?
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TFL never has had the 'reply with quote' feature enabled. Pretty sure it's just to keep people from quoting superlong posts and adding, "me too" at the bottom -- a really annoying waste of bandwidth.
To quote someone, you open your reply window and type [QUOTE]
Then copy & paste the section of their post you want to quote.
At the end, type [/QUOTE]
Then compose your reply.
Hope that helps.
pax
TFL never has had the 'reply with quote' feature enabled. Pretty sure it's just to keep people from quoting superlong posts and adding, "me too" at the bottom -- a really annoying waste of bandwidth.
To quote someone, you open your reply window and type [QUOTE]
Then copy & paste the section of their post you want to quote.
At the end, type [/QUOTE]
Then compose your reply.
Hope that helps.
pax
There IS a 'Quote' button, it's just not available until you 'Reply' to something.
Attached should be an image with the button arrowed.
I find it easiest to just scroll down the page to find the bit I want to quote, and do a bit of cutn'paste .
The message list below the 'Reply' box is inverted, so the most recent message (and most likely the one you're replying to) is closest to the top.
Paste your text into the 'Reply' box, highlight it, and click the button.
Magic!
And, as Avizpls said, it's a good idea to attribute the quote, especially on a big thread.
Ivor.
Attached should be an image with the button arrowed.
I find it easiest to just scroll down the page to find the bit I want to quote, and do a bit of cutn'paste .
The message list below the 'Reply' box is inverted, so the most recent message (and most likely the one you're replying to) is closest to the top.
Paste your text into the 'Reply' box, highlight it, and click the button.
Magic!
And, as Avizpls said, it's a good idea to attribute the quote, especially on a big thread.
Ivor.
