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Old June 30, 2012, 10:39 PM   #18
Frank Ettin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hermannr
...I wish I knew how to get teh quotes to work here...
Just copy and paste what you want to quote into your reply window. Then put quote tags around what you want to quote.

Quote tags look like this {quote} ... what you want to quote...{/quote}, except with square brackets instead of the wavy brackets. Changing the wavy brackets to square brackets, you'd get this when it's posted:
Quote:
... what you want to quote...
If you want to identify who you're quoting, the tags would look like this {quote=whoever} ... what you want to quote...{/quote}. Changing the wavy brackets to square brackets, you'd get this when it's posted:
Quote:
Originally Posted by whoever
... what you want to quote...
You can also highlight the copied quoted text in your reply window and click on the "quote" icon in the menu at the top. That would add the quote tags.

You can use the Preview Post function to make sure you've got it right.

Detour over. Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.
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