Selecting a partial quote. - Woodworking Talk

Gerry KIERNAN · 11-26-2008, 02:51 PM

Hi There

I have noticed that some members are selecting part of a quote to respond to. I have tried selecting a portion of a quote, but I always end up with the entire quote. Can any body tell me how to select a section of a post to use as a quote?

Thank you.

Gerry

Woodchuck1957 · 11-26-2008, 03:12 PM

Highlight what you want out, but leave the boxed in quotation marks, and hit the delete button on your keyboard.

mics_54 · 11-26-2008, 10:51 PM

Gerry, I just copy and paste the portion I want to make a quote then highlight it agains and hit the quote button.

Handyman · 11-26-2008, 11:26 PM

{quote=Gerry KIERNAN;52488}Hi There

I have noticed that some members are selecting part of a quote to respond to. I have tried selecting a portion of a quote, but I always end up with the entire quote. Can any body tell me how to select a section of a post to use as a quote?

Thank you.

Gerry{/quote}

It is really easy to do. You hit the Quote button on the bottom just like normal. Highlight everything you don't want. And delete the unwanted stuff.

Make sure to leave this ({quote=Gerry KIERNAN;52488}) Can any body tell me how to select a section of a post to use as a quote?

Thank you.

Gerry And this( {/quote} )

And Walla it is done.

Nilt · 11-26-2008, 11:37 PM

It's tough to show because the forum software won't display them as text. What you need to do is leave the quote tags inside the brackets at the front and end but edit the bits inside as you like. These tags are hard to show unless you use the wrong brackets instead. So this:{quote}Here's a quote.{/quote} becomes this:

Quote:

Here's a quote.

when you use the correct square brackets ([ and ]) instead of {and}.

Hope that helps.

Edit: Bah: Handyman beat me to it. :-\

GeorgeC · 11-27-2008, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mics_54

Gerry, I just copy and paste the portion I want to make a quote then highlight it agains and hit the quote button.

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Ditto.

G

Gerry KIERNAN · 11-27-2008, 12:11 PM

Thanks All

I will give it a shot next time I see something quotable.

Gerry

Gerry KIERNAN · 11-27-2008, 02:35 PM

Thanks so much for your help guys. I have used your ideas a couple of times today, and they work ace.

Gerry

cabinetman · 11-28-2008, 06:08 AM

I use a simple method, by just clicking "quote", and when the quote appears in the reply, I then set the cursor where I want and just backspace out what I want to delete.