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Hi,

I'm brand new today, both with trying to talk on a forum and being diagnosed with celiac. I don't have a clue how to do this. I'm not even sure if this will post. I tried to send one before and it didn't work. Can anyone walk me through this? I'd sure appreciate it.


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Hi,

I'm brand new today, both with trying to talk on a forum and being diagnosed with celiac. I don't have a clue how to do this. I'm not even sure if this will post. I tried to send one before and it didn't work. Can anyone walk me through this? I'd sure appreciate it.

Hi there and welcome! Well, congrats, your post posted just fine! B) There is a lot of wonderful info. to be found on this site and great emotional and informative support here on the forums. :)

It will take a while to learn the "rules" you must follow with this diagnosis, but once you get the hang of it, it will seem natural to buy and eat gluten free foods.

Again, Welcome to the site! :) -Julie

Gentleheart Enthusiast
Hi,

I'm brand new today, both with trying to talk on a forum and being diagnosed with celiac. I don't have a clue how to do this. I'm not even sure if this will post. I tried to send one before and it didn't work. Can anyone walk me through this? I'd sure appreciate it.

Rachel--24 Collaborator

Blanchemae,

To reply to a post using quotes click on the "reply button under the post you wish to respond to. This is what you did with your last post...you would then type your response under the quoted text. If you don't want any quotes in your reply scroll to the bottom of all the posts and click add reply. You can then type your response without having any quotes in your post.

Hope this makes sense. Anymore questions? Ask away.

Welcome to the board. :)

Oh...when you post a new topic choose the forum that the topic is best suited for. I just moved your other topic question to "post diagnosis and recovery"....in case you are wondering what happened. :)

Gentleheart Enthusiast
Blanchemae,

To reply to a post using quotes click on the "reply button under the post you wish to respond to. This is what you did with your last post...you would then type your response under the quoted text. If you don't want any quotes in your reply scroll to the bottom of all the posts and click add reply. You can then type your response without having any quotes in your post.

Hope this makes sense. Anymore questions? Ask away.

Welcome to the board. :)

Oh...when you post a new topic choose the forum that the topic is best suited for. I just moved your other topic question to "post diagnosis and recovery"....in case you are wondering what happened. :)

Thanks so much Rachel! Feel free to put me in the right place whenever necessary! :D

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Camille'sBigSister Newbie
Blanchemae,

To reply to a post using quotes click on the "reply button under the post you wish to respond to. This is what you did with your last post...you would then type your response under the quoted text. If you don't want any quotes in your reply scroll to the bottom of all the posts and click add reply. You can then type your response without having any quotes in your post.

Hope this makes sense. Anymore questions? Ask away.

Welcome to the board. :)

Oh...when you post a new topic choose the forum that the topic is best suited for. I just moved your other topic question to "post diagnosis and recovery"....in case you are wondering what happened. :)

Rachel: Thanks! Your answer to Blanchemae also solved the problem for me. Now I know how to quote! YEA!!! :D:D:D

Now, suppose I wanted to quote and answer just one paragraph in a long post. How do I do that? And how would I quote and answer paragraph 1, then skip down and quote and answer paragraph 5?

Am I making sense? :huh:

Cissie

jerseyangel Proficient

Hi Cissie--

To quote a portion of a post, hit "reply" in the lower right corner of the post you wish to reply to. The entire post will appear in the box--just delete all text you don't want in the reply, then reply underneath as usual. :)


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Camille'sBigSister Newbie

Hi, Patti! Thanks for the info. :) It sounds simple enough to do. I'll try it when I have time.

Cissie

jerseyangel Proficient
Hi, Patti! Thanks for the info. :) It sounds simple enough to do. I'll try it when I have time.

Cissie

It really is simple--once you've been on here a little while it will become second nature :D

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