How do I add a Quote to a reply?
 

I am missing something here that is obviously simple. I blame it on my age or my ongoing chemotherapy. Everybody attaches cute rectangle boxes that say quote to help clarify things. I just copy and paste text and that is not as good. Is someone willing to show me just how easy this is to do............ShipsRus

Click on the Quote tab on your right of there post. ---->

If this works......Then I got it
 

Thanks KIWI.......boy you were fast.......I have been trying to add a quote From Neil Stevens to my thread about the prize he is offering......When I hit reply in a second I will find out. Thanks for helping KIWI

If we could still have quote towers; I would start one here.

As kiwi said, there's the way of clicking that button.

However, if you want to quote only a part of a post, you can just manually type [quote*] (without *), then copy-paste the text of the post you want to quote, then add [/quote*] (again without the *) at the end. It will look like any regular quote.

If you want to do a couple of partial quotes in one post, you can do it just the same as stated above, but to let others know whom you quoted each time, you can use [quote=username*]text to quote[/quote*] (again without the *). If you do it this way, the quote will show the username at the top of the quote box, like this:

I hope I was able to help. :smug:

Thanks to all for helping me.......Ships...

One last thing (I hope). If you have already used the quote button to quote a specific post, you can use Asakura's advice to add an extra quote from that person.

If you want to add a quote from a second person, simply follow the formula [quote=and add the name of the person.

If I now write [quote=FDR*]The only thing we have to fear is fear itself[/quote*] (that's a great idea, Asakura, using the asterisks to block the function), it will look like this:

This is a very educational thread.

Heh thanks. I'm on forums for years and have learned how to use and explain codes to other users. And usually I enter different codes like [img*][/img*] by hand, because by now I'm faster that way than grabbing my mouse and clicking the button for the code. :D

This thread is pro ;)

Want additional advice/shortcuts? :know:

• Press CTRL + B to instantly add the bold style to where your cursor is.
• Press CTRL + I to instantly add the italic style to where your cursor is.
• Press CTRL + U to instantly add the underline style to where your cursor is.
• If you want to use a text color that's not chooseable from the default list you may enter [color=#xxxxxx*]Test[/color*] (without the *) with x being the hex code for the color you want.
  As a funny hint, you can use the code 2A2A2A to color the text the same as the forum background, making it invisible without marking it or quoting it -> see what I mean? <- :D

Thanks very much for the help. I've copied and pasted text and saved the web page for future reference. This was very educational. Asakura has really been chipping in with good techniques, SailorSteve also.........

This is interesting.
Thanks for a great thread. :up:
I'm learning to quote better.

Tweety

That's what she said.