dsbarnfan....good for you seeing how by 'quote'.
Long, long time ago (I think) there was a 'button' like the ones for bold and strikethrough.
Also, if you're showing code (and mucho thanks for Midnites diligence & patience with this), you can:
[spoiler]this shows which code you mean, it's bracket, the word code, bracket, etc.[/spoiler]
Patti