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David_Aston
David_Aston Posts: 1,160 Forumite
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Hi All
How do posters manage to get those very clear little boxes containing message quotes they wish to comment on, into their own posts, please?
I have tried copy and paste, and also pressing the "Quote", button, but this just seems to produce a few lines of text without the borders around it.

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  • Johnmcl7
    Johnmcl7 Posts: 2,848 Forumite
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    David_Aston wrote: »
    Hi All
    How do posters manage to get those very clear little boxes containing message quotes they wish to comment on, into their own posts, please?
    I have tried copy and paste, and also pressing the "Quote", button, but this just seems to produce a few lines of text without the borders around it.

    You use the quote button as you've said, when you're editing the post you won't see the formatting but any text which has quote and /quote in square brackets at the start and end will be formatted as you've described. Clicking the preview post button will show what your post will look like complete with formatting.

    John
  • David_Aston
    David_Aston Posts: 1,160 Forumite
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    Cheers for that John. I'll give it a run out!
  • David_Aston
    David_Aston Posts: 1,160 Forumite
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    Johnmcl7 wrote: »
    You use the quote button as you've said, when you're editing the post you won't see the formatting but any text which has quote and /quote in square brackets at the start and end will be formatted as you've described. Clicking the preview post button will show what your post will look like complete with formatting.

    John

    Hope you don't mind me using your help for a test run John!
  • [Deleted User]
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    David_Aston wrote: »
    Hope you don't mind me using your help for a test run John!
    It took you 270 posts to work that out???:eek::T;)
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Moneyineptitude wrote: »
    It took you 270 posts to work that out???:eek::T;)
    It took you 4,866 posts to work out that not everybody who asks questions here has good technical skills?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Not sure how much technical skill beyond reading is needed to spot that every post contains a button marked Quote.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    He'd spotted that but hadn't realised that the draft text it produces would look like the quotes he'd seen. I think it's obvious too but as the question was asked it clearly isn't obvious to everybody.
  • pogg000
    pogg000 Posts: 588 Forumite
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    Not sure how much technical skill beyond reading is needed to spot that every post contains a button marked Quote.


    Oh thats what that button does!!
    lbm 11/06/12 dept total 11499.47
  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 16 December 2012 at 6:05PM
    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    It took you 4,866 posts to work out that not everybody who asks questions here has good technical skills?
    He managed to join the forum (in 2005!) which takes a whole lot more "technical skill" than using the "quote" button.

    Regardless, my remarks were not meant to be taken exception to. I was just pointing out that he managed 270 posts (and seven years) without realising the quote function is easily and quickly available to everyone.

    The point is that one might reasonably have expected his natural curiosity to have been piqued long before now...
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Mine hasnt piqued, yet:D, I dont really care if its in a box or not, hadnt thought about it, in the gran scheme of things etc., etc.,
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
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