quote problem

[elizabeth]

when I try to post with a quote I get the whole post I try to quote not just the sentance or two I want to quote..  Hope that makes sense.  Help.  Thank You ?!?  ?!?

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Yes, it makes sense, elizabeth. Highlighting a certain phrase/section won't quote only that phrase/section because the quote feature quotes the entire post. If you only want to quote a certain part of a post and you click on "quote", you'd have to edit out all the rest yourself.

A simpler way to quote only a certain part of a post is to highlight that part, copy it, click "reply", paste what you copied into the "Post reply" window, and then surround what you've pasted with the quote tags.

In other words, if I only wanted to quote the phrase "when I try to post with a quote I get the whole post" from your post, I'd do the first four things I just mentioned, and then I'd do this after I'd pasted what I'd copied:

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[quote]when I try to post with a quote I get the whole post[/quote]
so I'd get this in my post:

when I try to post with a quote I get the whole post

I hope that helps.

[elizabeth]

[A simpler way to quote only a certain part of a post is to highlight that part, copy it, click "reply", paste what you copied into the "Post reply" window, and then surround what you've pasted with the quote tags. ]

Thank You sooooooooo much.  Let's see if it works.  J

[elizabeth]

{quote] Let's see if it works

.   lets see if this comes out black.

[elizabeth]

lets see if this comes out black quote].  Am I dense of what?

[elizabeth]

I hope that helps.

  Could it be I am beyond help ?!?

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Could it be I am beyond help ?!?

No. Just remember to put the / before the word quote between the second set of brackets.

The opening quote tag is

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[quote]
But the closing one is

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[/quote]
Add the / and that'll work for you every time.