Multiple Quotes

[mushroom]

When you want to reply to multiple posts in one single post, I know you use the +Quote button next to reply, and it turns red. So you do your reply; then how do you negotiate to the next post and add on the next quote and reply?

No computer whiz here, but shouldn't it be more obvious or in the help section?

[psawyer]

You click the "+Quote" button, turning it red, in all the posts to which you want to respond with a quotation.

Then, when you have selected all of them, use the "Add Reply" button at the bottom of the page. The reply window will open, with all of the selected posts quoted in the order that you selected them. Type your own text outside the quotes for ease of understanding. If you put your response inside the quotes, use bold, italics, or a different font or color so that readers can identify the new material.

You can even quote posts across topics. To do this click the +Quote button in one topic, then go to another topic and click "Add Reply."

Each quote will have a link in it to the post that was quoted--it is a right-pointing green arrow in the title bar of the quote.

[mushroom]

Thank you Peter. I had read the other thread on this and still couldn't "get" it. Now I understand (I think).

[Lisa]

How do you make multiple quotes from one post?

[psawyer]

  Momma Goose said:

How do you make multiple quotes from one post?

You people want all the secrets at once? Sheesh!

Okay, to do multiple quotes from a single post requires a bit more work. Here's one way.

When you are in the reply box, with the quote(s) present, select the quote you are interested in by dragging the mouse over the entire quote. Copy it by pressing <ctrl>C and then click where you want another copy. Press <ctrl>V to paste a duplicate in. Edit out the parts you don't want in each copy.

Another way is to copy-paste the header into the middle of the quote, and insert the end-quote tag ahead of it, thereby splitting the original quote into two quotes.

[Lisa]

  psawyer said:

You people want all the secrets at once? Sheesh!

Okay, to do multiple quotes from a single post requires a bit more work. Here's one way.

When you are in the reply box, with the quote(s) present, select the quote you are interested in by dragging the mouse over the entire quote. Copy it by pressing <ctrl>C and then click where you want another copy. Press <ctrl>V to paste a duplicate in. Edit out the parts you don't want in each copy.

Another way is to copy-paste the header into the middle of the quote, and insert the end-quote tag ahead of it, thereby splitting the original quote into two quotes.

Must review in daylight hours. Thanks Peter

[peacebwu]

Hi - read the help....still can't seem to reply to someone who has given me an answer to my post. Please make it easy. Do this: ....../???????? and this??????? thanks!

[Jestgar]

  peacebwu said:

Hi - read the help....still can't seem to reply to someone who has given me an answer to my post. Please make it easy. Do this: ....../???????? and this??????? thanks!

The absolute easiest is to click "reply", and type your answer over, or under, the quoted part.

[psawyer]

  peacebwu said:

Hi - read the help....still can't seem to reply to someone who has given me an answer to my post. Please make it easy. Do this: ....../???????? and this??????? thanks!

To reply directly to a specific, single post, click on the " Reply button in the bottom right corner of the post in question. It will launch the reply window, with the selected post quoted. That is how I made this reply.

[jerseyangel]

  psawyer said:

When you are in the reply box, with the quote(s) present, select the quote you are interested in by dragging the mouse over the entire quote. Copy it by pressing <ctrl>C and then click where you want another copy. Press <ctrl>V to paste a duplicate in. Edit out the parts you don't want in each copy.

I've been trying to figure out an easy way to do this forever! (clunking self on forehead.....)

Thanks, Peter.