<p>How / where is the feature to quote and highlight in blue shade/box a portion of a post into your own subsequent post.</p>
<p>Feeling sooooooooo stupid ....</p>
<p>Please don't bash me</p>
<p>Type the following </p>
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[quote]
whatever it is you were going to say [ /quote]</p>
<p>close the space between [ and the/ and you should get the following…</p>
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thanks, i was gonna post the same thread haha</p>
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<p>let’s see if this works. i’ve had the same question for months, lol</p>
<p>so…what about the ‘options’ box just below the ‘message’ box? does it serve the same purpose…?</p>
<p>it worked! yaaay! thanks sybbie!</p>
<p>*so…what about the ‘options’ box just below the ‘message’ box? does it serve the same purpose…? *</p>
<p>I haven’t been able to figure that options box either.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to say who it was that posted the quote, you can type quote=calimami in the first brackets and get:<br>
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<p>I have found this to be the procedure on several other boards as well.</p>
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<p>okay. thanks sylvan!</p>
<p>why can’t I get it to work?</p>
<p>go slowly and follow exactly what sybbie said in post #2. make sure your are close together (no spaces). good luck! lol</p>
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<p>nope. nothing.</p>
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<p>I think you’ve got it. Quoting can be addictive</p>
<p>Thanks, OP. I once knew the quote trick but had forgotten it.</p>
<p>So…what is that options check box for???</p>
<p>OK, now I keep getting an error message that my messges are too short. Ready to throw the monitor across the room.
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<p>Cant believe it finally worked!</p>
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<p>yes! totally addictive!!</p>
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<p>Is this it??</p>
<p>Yes, success!</p>
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i’ve wanted to know how to do this for so long. now i don’t have to type @whoever</p>
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<p>Let’s see:</p>