Formatting - quotes

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Formatting - quotes

Postby Indiana » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:29 am

Quoting text in replies

There are two ways you can quote text, with a reference or without.

To quote with a reference to the poster while reading the post you want to quote click on quote in the text box you are reading. A reply screen will open with the text and any formatting the writer inserted.

You can delete any of the text you do not want to quote and type in any remarks after the ending [/quote] code. The quote will indicate who the writer was.

An example would be:

Mr. Blobby wrote:The text Mr. Blobby wrote would go here

Another way to quote with a reference to the poster while reading the post you want to quote highlight and copy the part of the text you want to quote.

Open a reply window and paste.

Highlight the text you are quoting and lick on the Quote button above the reply text box.

Remember you must include the quotation marks " " around the name you are quoting, they are not optional.

To indicate who the quote is from insert ="name" in the beginning [quote] code. It will look like this [quote="Mr. Blobby"].

The result will look like the above example.

Another method allows you to blindly quote something.

While reading the post you want to quote highlight and copy the part of the text you want to quote.

Open a reply window and paste.

Highlight the text you are quoting and lick on the Quote button above the reply text box.

It will look like the above example without the name.

Note: To see the code used to produce this post. Click on quote and all formatting will be revealed.

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