Replying with quote....
04-20-08, 08:56 AM
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Replying with quote....
How do you highlight a portion of someone's quote when replying? Just want to reply to a portion of it.
04-20-08, 09:00 AM
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Select color gray for the entire quote (between quote things) then black for the part you want..that's what I do anyway.
04-20-08, 09:14 AM
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Delete the portion you don't want to quote. Leave the other parts.
04-20-08, 10:12 AM
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04-20-08, 10:22 AM
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i think that when i registered, the basic editor was the only option.
04-20-08, 10:24 AM
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Highlighting is a waste of time and a waste of space. Delete all other unecessary text that don't contribute to a quote and there's your "highlight".
04-20-08, 10:45 AM
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04-20-08, 10:48 AM
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If there's a concern that you're taking the OP out of context, then highlighting is a way to deal with it.
04-20-08, 10:54 AM
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Depends on the situation. If you highlight a portion, and leave the rest, you can focus on what you want to respond to, but also have the original context still present.
If there's a concern that you're taking the OP out of context, then highlighting is a way to deal with it.
If there's a concern that you're taking the OP out of context, then highlighting is a way to deal with it.
04-20-08, 12:01 PM
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Wrong. If you know the markup for it you can write it directly into the "reply with quote" box. You don't even need the basic editor to do this. When I registered, there was no such thing as a quick reply box.
