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  • kryten3000
    kryten3000 Posts: 1,040 Forumite
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    This quote functionality is completely unusable. What was wrong with the old way of quoting a post then deleting the lines you don't want to include? The actual post is already there to read so it makes no sense.

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  • Eco_Miser
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    edited 11 March at 3:34AM

    Spoonie_Turtle asked at Today at 4:50PM
    How did you do that?

    1. Copy the poster's name, paste into comment.
    2. Type something (" asked at " above)
    3. Copy and paste the quoted post's date
    4. shift-enter for a new line in the same paragraph
    5. Copy and paste your desired quote
    6. Select the quote and attribution, make it a quote (icon in left margin, quote mark)

    It's fiddly, and should not be necessary, but it's easier than it looks when written out.

    I wonder if the copied date will update from "Today" to the actual date.

    ETA: No, date did not update when it was no longer 'Today'. Oh well,

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