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How do I quote another post in a reply?!
Never had a problem figuring it out in other forums, but on PPRUNE I've never been able to get the quote function to work!
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance! |
Either click the 'reply' button in the post, then when you get the new screen go to the http:// stuff at the top of the page, click at the end, and delete the figure 1 and hit enter. you will then get the whole of the post.
Alternatively copy and paste the bit you want to quote, and precede it in your reply by [ QUOTE ] and put [ /QUOTE ] at the end, omitting the spaces I've typed... otherwise I would have got and put |
Cut and paste required text and then click on the 3rd symbol from the right in the reply toolbar, next to the hash and youtube symbols. Just don't quote me on that ;)
SHJ |
How do I quote another post in a reply?!
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Cut and paste required text and then click on the 3rd symbol from the right in the reply toolbar, next to the hash and youtube symbols. Just don't quote me on that http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/wink2.gif |
Bravo david 1300! In this case it's the blind leading the blind :)
SHJ |
Originally Posted by jimtherev
(Post 7012362)
Either click the 'reply' button in the post, then when you get the new screen go to the http:// stuff at the top of the page, click at the end, and delete the figure 1 and hit enter. you will then get the whole of the post.
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jimtherev's method is the one to go for. At least you know which post the quote refers to by clicking on the small arrowhead after his username. |
No, not true. If I had wanted the whole post I would have left it like this:
Originally Posted by jimtherev
(Post 7012362)
Either click the 'reply' button in the post, then when you get the new screen go to the http:// stuff at the top of the page, click at the end, and delete the figure 1 and hit enter. you will then get the whole of the post.
Alternatively copy and paste the bit you want to quote, and precede it in your reply by [ QUOTE ] and put [ /QUOTE ] at the end, omitting the spaces I've typed... otherwise I would have got - which wouldn't have helped much. |
More help with pasting please
Cut and paste required text and then click on the 3rd symbol from the right in the reply toolbar, next to the hash and youtube symbols. Just don't quote me on that This is what I got trying the sjh method from post 3 Re method in post 2, i have tried to get to the "1" but cannot highlight the URL thingy on my iPad So step by step help please for an aviator with one foot in the tar pit! :confused: Many thanks F-I |
Sorry F-I - don't talk iPad. I'm sure someone will be along soon who does...
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The quote function as performed by the button on the toolbar requires javascript to work. If you haven't got that enabled then you can manually put QUOTE and /QUOTE, each wrapped in square brackets, around the text you wish to be quoted.
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To copy on a tablet the trick is to use a long (in duration) click or touch which brings up a menu. Choose 'select text' which should bring up two cursors. Move these to select the desired portion of text, then do a copy (which is either another long touch or a visible key atop the screen). This may be slightly different in ipad.
Long click/touch is the android equivalent of a windows mouse right click and usually brings up a useful menu. Not sure how similar ipad is. If you otg a mouse, the right click becomes 'back'. |
Thanks everyone
To copy on a tablet the trick is to use a long (in duration) click or touch which brings up a menu. Choose 'select text' which should bring up two cursors. Move these to select the desired portion of text, then do a copy (which is either another long touch or a visible key atop the screen). This may be slightly different in ipad. Long click/touch is the android equivalent of a windows mouse right click and usually brings up a useful menu. Not sure how similar ipad is. If you otg a mouse, the right click becomes 'back'. HMMMM No it did not! why in my post 10 do I have that blue box round my paste but it is not in this post? I'm trying to get that cool blue box |
Nearly!!!
But you missed the [ before /QUOTE] ....hurrah!!! |
Cut and paste required text and then click on the 3rd symbol from the right in the reply toolbar, next to the hash and youtube symbols. Just don't quote me on that ;) |
Blue box
Many thanks one and all.
What threw me and generated my last post is that the blue box does not appear in preview post, and this is the odd thing, it does not appear when I post. I have to leave the site and when I come back? Eureka the box is there! Back to the tar pit! AH:confused: |
Originally Posted by flown-it
(Post 8381631)
Hmmm.
This is what I got trying the sjh method from post 3 Re method in post 2, i have tried to get to the "1" but cannot highlight the URL thingy on my iPad So step by step help please for an aviator with one foot in the tar pit! :confused: Many thanks F-I I don't know much about iPad, but I'm pretty sure there is a way to manipulate the URL there too. I have a couple of Android devices and I can do that on those. |
On an iPad tap and hold in the URL box, when insert cursor appears scroll right (i.e. keep holding and move your hand to the right) to the end, backspace over the 1 and insert a 0 (that's a zero not an Ohh)
Originally Posted by Slasher
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