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[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 20 October 2011 - 12:55 AM, said:

...- (not sure how to insert this quote from Steve)

Hi Whirlybird.

FYI: there are a couple of ways to create a quote. The first and easiest is to hit "Reply" which appears on the bottom right of the post you want to reply to. If you do that you will see the code (in square brackets) used to format the quote above and below the quote. A second way is to select text in your own post and click on the speech balloon (i.e., the Insert Quotation icon) in the tool bar just above the edit window. This icon is the third from the right. Clicking it will insert "quote" before the selection and "/quote" after it, in square brackets.

Always helpful,
- Thoth

[whirlybird]

Hi Thoth,

Okay, I'm giving it a try.

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A second way is to select text in your own post and click on the speech balloon (i.e., the Insert Quotation icon) in the tool bar just above the edit window. This icon is the third from the right. Clicking it will insert "quote" before the selection and "/quote" after it, in square brackets.

Let's see if it worked.

-Whirlybird

[whirlybird]

To the Ever Helpful Thoth,

Yeah, it worked. I'm now going to try by labeling the quote.

[Thoth on 19 October 2011 - 10:48 PM]A second way is to select text in your own post and click on the speech balloon (i.e., the Insert Quotation icon) in the tool bar just above the edit window. This icon is the third from the right. Clicking it will insert "quote" before the selection and "/quote" after it, in square brackets.
[/quote]

Let's see if this works.

-Whirlybird (who is celebrating a half century today)

[Marguerite]

whirlybird, on 21 October 2011 - 12:38 PM, said:

-Whirlybird (who is celebrating a half century today)

Wow. Happy birthday, Whirlybird!

Welcome to the right side of the big 50.
M

[whirlybird]

Thanks so much, Marguerite.

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Welcome to the right side of the big 50.

How true! I looks like I'm in great company.

-Whirlybird

[Thoth]

Yes! Happy Birthday, Whirlybird.
And as M says, Welcome to the right side of the big five-oh. (As opposed to the left side: 1,2,3...49, 50, 51,52...
Have some virtual cake (and just hit the REPLY button to see what the labels look like):

- Thoth

[whirlybird]

Thanks so much for the Happy Birthday wish, Thoth. Your cake is prettier than my real one.

-Thoth

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hit the REPLY button to see what the labels look like

I hit the REPLY button but didn't know what I was looking at.

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 22 October 2011 - 02:57 AM, said:

I hit the REPLY button but didn't know what I was looking at.

When you get a chance, study it for a couple of minutes.
E.g.,
quote —"this is a quote"
name='whirlybird' — "this is the person posting"
timestamp='1319252244' — "this decodes into the time and date. (21 October 2011 - 10:57 PM)"
post='14813' — "this is the number of this post on the forum, #15 on this thread."

Easy.
-T

[whirlybird]

Thoth,

I'm not usually this dense but I don't see how you get the name and timestamp you mentioned to appear in the green bar above the quote. I am enjoying being able to post the quote, though, so at least I've gotten a little bit of it done correctly.

-Whirlybird (who is having a 50+ age moment

[Marguerite]

whirlybird, on 23 October 2011 - 04:26 PM, said:

Thoth,

I'm not usually this dense but I don't see how you get the name and timestamp you mentioned to appear in the green bar above the quote. I am enjoying being able to post the quote, though, so at least I've gotten a little bit of it done correctly.

-Whirlybird (who is having a 50+ age moment

You're overthinking it, Whirlybird. Hit reply and start typing. Like this.

If you don't want to quote, just type in the Fast Reply section and click Post.
Marguerite

[whirlybird]

Marguerite, on 23 October 2011 - 04:57 PM, said:

You're overthinking it, Whirlybird. Hit reply and start typing. Like this.

If you don't want to quote, just type in the Fast Reply section and click Post.
Marguerit

Like this?

-Whirlybird

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 23 October 2011 - 08:07 PM, said:

Like this?
-Whirlybird

Exactly like that, Whirlybird.
-Thoth

[whirlybird]

How slow can one person be? I thought I'd never figure it out.

Thanks so much, Thoth and Marguerite , for helping me.

-Whirlybird

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 23 October 2011 - 08:53 PM, said:

How slow can one person be? I thought I'd never figure it out.

Thanks so much, Thoth and Marguerite , for helping me.

-Whirlybird

You're very welcome. And now you can try all the other special effects.
-Thoth.

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 23 October 2011 - 08:56 PM, said:

And now you can try all the other special effects.
-Thoth.

How about this?

-Whirlybird

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 23 October 2011 - 09:01 PM, said:

How about this?

-Whirlybird

***fingertips steepled.***
Ex^cellen_t.

-T

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 23 October 2011 - 09:06 PM, said:

***fingertips steepled.***
Ex^cellen_t.

-T

Okay, _Mister S^pock.

-Whirlybird

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 24 October 2011 - 12:21 AM, said:

Okay, _Mister S^pock.
-Whirlybird

Um. Thank you. But I was going for Mr. Burns (of The Simpsons).
I was never any good at celebrity impressions.
-Thoth

[Steve]

Moved the forum-related posts from http://storyist.invi...t-for-windows/.

-Steve

[whirlybird]

Steve or Thoth,

Now that I've 'mastered' replying to one quote, can you tell me how to make one reply to more than one quote from different posts. I must warn you I am a slow learner at least as far as this is concerned.

-Whirlybird