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heathy
PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:55 pm 
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Every now and then somebody replies to a post with " name "wrote highlighted and a white box under with their original quote in it.
How do i do that :?:
Ive tried using the quote button, but doesn't seem to work for me.
Ive been on this site long enough to know but don't :oops:
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orange71
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:49 pm 
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heathy wrote:
Every now and then somebody replies to a post with " name "wrote highlighted and a white box under with their original quote in it.
How do i do that
Ive tried using the quote button, but doesn't seem to work for me.
Ive been on this site long enough to know but don't


no idea mate :roll:
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orange71
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:53 pm 
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oh all right then.

you do it with {quote="heathy"}blahblahsheepblah{/quote} except use [] instead of {}.

:D
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Pickle
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:55 pm 
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orange71 wrote:
no idea mate :roll:


Quote tab always works for me.
But, I know if you mess about with it too much, ie deleting some text, you can end up making it so it doesnt work in accidently deleting some of [/quote]
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Pickle
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orange71 wrote:
oh all right then.

you do it with {quote="heathy"}blahblahsheepblah{/quote} except use [] instead of {}.

:D


Remembering to slip in / after [
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cce
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just click Image on the post you want to quote
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orange71
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yes that's one way of doing it but it quotes all the text, if you only want a portion of it best you use the Quote button between u and Code or just write it out.
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you could high light the bit you want then right click copy then paste it in to your message :D


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heathy
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I like Tonys way best :? All this \/[]{} is too much for me :oops:
Cheers anyways
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i just use the quote button and delete the text i dont want.
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