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How do you do the thing..... - rebel100 - 05-13-2013
Where you respond with a quote from someone else and plug in your thoughts, separately from theirs? I see it all the time, but tried it earlier and it was a mess. You would think with 1400+ posts I would know this.
How do you do the thing..... - Snickerdoodle - 05-13-2013
rebel100 Wrote:Where you respond with a quote from someone else and plug in your thoughts, separately from theirs?
Click reply with quote. If I understand you correctly, you mean to "break up" the other poster's quote. In that case, put [/QUOTE] at the end of the first quote, and put the
username Wrote:in front of the second part like what I've done here.
[quote=rebel100] I see it all the time, but tried it earlier and it was a mess. You would think with 1400+ posts I would know this.
How do you do the thing..... - sanantone - 05-13-2013
I'm too lazy to type out the username each time. LOL. The quote and username automatically comes up when you click "Reply With Quote."
When I break up other quotes, I just type [/quote] at the end and [quote] at the beginning. It doesn't need to be in all caps. I had to edit my post a few times so that it wouldn't quote anything.
How do you do the thing..... - Snickerdoodle - 05-13-2013
sanantone Wrote:I'm too lazy to type out the username each time.
I'm even lazier. I Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V the whole caboodle. That's why I still have the caps. hilarious
How do you do the thing..... - quasarvs - 05-13-2013
rebel100 Wrote:Where you respond with a quote from someone else and plug in your thoughts, separately from theirs? I see it all the time, but tried it earlier and it was a mess. You would think with 1400+ posts I would know this.Oh my goodness! How did you ever get along without it?
How do you do the thing..... - Publius - 05-13-2013
quasarvs Wrote:Oh my goodness! How did you ever get along without it?(psst, why do you think the post count got is 1400+) hilarious
I'm really just joking... In fact, it took me forever to figure that out as well.
How do you do the thing..... - Lindagerr - 05-13-2013
I have over 1700 post and never figured all of that out. I only recently got the reply with quote idea to quote the whole post.
I used to be very computer literate. Now as I get older and things change faster I find I can't and don't even want to keep up. It really makes me feel old to say I have never tweeted and don't even know how.:confused:
I do however have both a Facebook and a linked in account
I even check them about once a month or so.hilariousI just don't understand how people have time to post on all of these things
How do you do the thing..... - Publius - 05-13-2013
Lindagerr Wrote:I have over 1700 post and never figured all of that out. I only recently got the reply with quote idea to quote the whole post.
I used to be very computer literate. Now as I get older and things change faster I find I can't and don't even want to keep up. It really makes me feel old to say I have never tweeted and don't even know how.:confused:
I do however have both a Facebook and a linked in account
I just don't understand how people have time to post on all of these things
lol, I'm 18 and I don't tweet or even have a twitter account.
You hit the nail on the head with your last statement... It has nothing to do with age or getting old, it's a decision on how you want to spend your time... priorities.
How do you do the thing..... - cookderosa - 05-14-2013
I didn't know how to do it either! LOL
I almost always "reply with quote" just so the thread is organized and people can follow who is talking about what.
Back in the day..... before that nifty button, I remember doing this:
<< then copy paste the quote, then type >> again. In fact, my early posts here are likely all written that way lol!
How do you do the thing..... - Chebasaz - 05-14-2013
rebel100 Wrote:Where you respond with a quote from someone else and plug in your thoughts, separately from theirs? I see it all the time, but tried it earlier and it was a mess. You would think with 1400+ posts I would know this.
Also, after you hit Reply or Reply with Quote, if look up in the top right hand, they have a little speech bubble at the end of the edit text line. It simply wraps the selected text with quote tags. That allows you to do this very easily:
Quote:Where you respond with a quote
My response
Quote:from someone else and plug in your thoughts
My response
Quote:separately from theirs?
My response
Quote:I see it all the time, but tried it earlier and it was a mess. You would think with 1400+ posts I would know this.
My response