JsMum Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Sometimes I only want to copy a few lines from someones post to highlight the sentence how do I quote just a few sentences, lately I have been putting reply on the bottom but then it repeats the whole of their post which isnt nessasary. How do I just take what I want and then reply my own message. JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Hi J's mum, This is what I do: At the bottom of the post you want to quote from, hit QUOTE then REPLY. You can then delete the bits of the post you don't want: make sure you keep the QUOTE ... /QUOTE bits at the beginning and end. Hope this helps K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxgirl Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Hi J's mum, This is what I do: At the bottom of the post you want to quote from, hit QUOTE then REPLY. You can then delete the bits of the post you don't want: make sure you keep the QUOTE ... /QUOTE bits at the beginning and end. Hope this helps K x Just to follow on from that, how do you split the quote, i.e. have some of the quote and then reply under that and then some more of the quote afterwards and then reply to that bit? Does that make sense?? ~ Mel ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Just to follow on from that, how do you split the quote, i.e. have some of the quote and then reply under that and then some more of the quote afterwards and then reply to that bit? Does that make sense?? ~ Mel ~ What you need to do Mel is make sure that there's a QUOTE /QUOTE around each bit that you want to treat as a quote. Like so QUOTE First thing to quote /QUOTE First bit of new text QUOTE Second thing to quote /QUOTE Second bit of new text etc. etc. etc. Obviously you need to add square brackets around the QUOTE and /QUOTE (which I had to miss otherwise it would have treated them as quotes and hidden the important bits) Neil Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxgirl Report post Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) What you need to do Mel is make sure that there's a QUOTE /QUOTE around each bit that you want to treat as a quote. Like so QUOTE First thing to quote /QUOTE First bit of new text QUOTE Second thing to quote /QUOTE Second bit of new text etc. etc. etc. Okay, thanks, TN, I'm gonna experiment on this post! Here goes: Obviously you need to add square brackets around the QUOTE and /QUOTE (which I had to miss otherwise it would have treated them as quotes and hidden the important bits) Neil I'll see how that works out ............................ (ooo, this is exciting!) ~ Mel ~ EDITED TO SAY: YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY, IT WORKED, CHEERS TN!!! Edited February 2, 2007 by oxgirl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Theres no stopping you now Mel I havn't got a clue what the heck all this thingummy giggy technical speaky stuff is all about.......all hope is lost for me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Theres no stopping you now Mel I havn't got a clue what the heck all this thingummy giggy technical speaky stuff is all about.......all hope is lost for me Given that you struggle to tell two clocks apart, I'd say 'yes, all hope is lost' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxgirl Report post Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Theres no stopping you now Mel Hahahahah, no there isn't!! I havn't got a clue what the heck all this thingummy giggy technical speaky stuff is all about....... Tra la la!! all hope is lost for me Tra la laaaaa ...................... okay, I'll stop now! ~ Mel ~ Edited February 2, 2007 by oxgirl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Do you ever do something and then wish you hadn't? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxgirl Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Do you ever do something and then wish you hadn't? La la. Nope, not me! ~ Mel ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Mel TN ...clocks .....havn't got the foggiest what you are on about Be afraid TN.....next time the kiddies are coming too....see who breaks first.......you or DH Edited February 2, 2007 by Bagpuss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNeil Report post Posted February 2, 2007 Mel TN ...clocks .....havn't got the foggiest what you are on about Be afraid TN.....next time the kiddies are coming too....see who breaks first.......you or DH Have I mentioned that I'm busy that day? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 QUOTE [First thing to quote] /QUOTE First bit of new text so like this QUOTE [second thing to quote] /QUOTE I hope this works JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 I cant do it!!!! Trying to understand but something is not been done right please can you go throw it again JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted February 6, 2007 Hi J's Mum, Don't panic! <'> This is how to do quotes manually: You must have square brackets, i.e. [ ] enclosing the QUOTE at the beginning and /QUOTE at the end of your text. I'll demonstrate with ordinary brackets so the tags stay visible: (QUOTE)Like this(/QUOTE) You can also use lower case: (quote)like this(/quote) No spaces between the text and the bracketed bits. Using [ ] instead of ( ) now to turn the text into a quote: like this I hope this makes it clearer. Keep practising here - you'll get it! K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 6, 2007 I cant do it!!!! see below Trying to understand but something is not been done right see below again! please can you go throw it again And again!! Hi j's mum - ANOTHER way of doing it is just to highlight the text you want to quote, and then when you've done that use the 'wrap in quote' button above to, erm, wrap it in a quote! You can then type between the bits you've 'wrapped' and just delete the bits you don't want before posting The 'wrap in quote' button is the one that looks like a speech bubble on the taskbar for the 'add post' dialogue... Hope that helps, but the simple rule of thumb is you need: at the beginning of a quote and the same with a forward slash in front of the 'q' in quote... I can't type the bit with the forward slash because if i do you will just see the text as a quote, and not the 'before and after' bits It is far more confusing to WRITE than it is to do!! L&P BD Oh - one final thing - whichever way you do it, you have to make sure that the original quote bracket isn't left at the begining - otherwise you just get 'quote' and '/quote' written in the [ brackets ] instead of a 'proper' quote Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 Hi J's Mum, Don't panic! <'> This is how to do quotes manually: You must have square brackets, i.e. [ ] enclosing the QUOTE at the beginning and /QUOTE at the end of your text. I'll demonstrate with ordinary brackets so the tags stay visible: (QUOTE)Like this(/QUOTE) You can also use lower case: (quote)like this(/quote) No spaces between the text and the bracketed bits. Using [ ] instead of ( ) now to turn the text into a quote: I hope this makes it clearer. Keep practising here - you'll get it! K x jsmum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 You can also use lower case: (quote)like this(/quote) No spaces between the text and the bracketed bits. Using [ ] instead of ( ) now to turn the text into a quote: I hope this makes it clearer. Keep practising here - you'll get it! K x jsmum no havent got it yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) Hi J's mum - when you use the 'quote/reply' button in the thread it automatically adds [ ] brackets to the whole text if you then break the text into individual quotes([using quot*] and [/quot*]), writing in between them, you have to delete the originals at the beginning and end. If you don't, it'll just treat everything between the originals as part of the quote, and reproduce them as written, which is what's happening at the moment Hope that helps (?) L&P BD So looking at your post directly above. If you had deleted the top line: ([quot* name=JsMum' date='Feb 6 2007, 04:52 PM' post='135522]) and the line at the bottom: ([/quot*]) between 'J's mum' and 'no, haven't got it yet' it would have worked how you wanted (I've replaced the e in quote with * to stop it actually making quotes of my examples)! Edited February 6, 2007 by baddad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) Hi J's mum [/quote when you use the 'quote/reply' button in the thread it automatically adds [ ] brackets to the whole text if you then break the text into individual quotes([using quot*] and [/quot*]) there sure is going to be a lot of quotes here. writing in between them, you have to delete the originals at the beginning and end. If you don't it'll just treat everything between the originals as part of the quote, and reproduce them as written JsMum can I ever do this JsMum Edited February 6, 2007 by JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 can I ever do this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 can I ever do this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 I did it, I have realised I was putting a / at the beginning, so it wasnt working, I re read all the threads to see why I couldnt do it and I saw that its because I was putting / at the begiining. so I had a flash of light in my dyslexic brain and realised where I was going wrong. thanks guys, I got there is the end, JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 6, 2007 I did it, I have realised I was putting a / at the beginning, so it wasnt working. thanks guys, I got there is the end, I dont give up that easily but I very nearly did today JsMum with love Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Right j's mum - I'm gonna try and talk you in... Don't worry about the altitude - just keep your nose up and your eyes on the runway... Taking your above post: Line 1 - Hi J's mum ... Delete the forward slash in the first bracket, leave it in the second. That will give you one quote... Line 2 - when you use the 'quote/reply' button in the thread it automatically adds [ ] brackets to the whole text ... remove the forward slash in the first bracket, leave the forward slash IN in the brackets at the end. That will give you your next quote... Line 3 - if you then break the text into individual quotes([using quot*] and [/quot*]) ... remove the forward slash in the first bracket, leave it in in the last. That will give you quote 3 Line 4 - writing in between them, you have to delete the originals at the beginning and end. ... delete the forward slash in the first bracket, keep it in the last. That'll be quote 4. So basically, you need just the word 'quote' in bracket [ ] at the begining of a quote and '/quote' in brackets [ ] at the end of a quote. If you have not closed an earlier quote with the '/quote' in [ ], it will just print the whole thing as text... very best BD (with, not at!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted February 7, 2007 By George she's got it! I knew you'd figure it out K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 7, 2007 AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously - L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted February 7, 2007 seriously - Thanks BD and Kathryn I was laughing my head of when I read your replys Love you all JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
