fh1805 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Posted September 1, 2009 How do I reply to a post on this Forum?To reply with just a simple text reply, scroll to the bottom of the webpage and key your reply into the Fast Reply area. Use the Post button to send it to the forum.You have some editing options and features available via the row of icons at the top of the input box (things like: bold, underscore, italic, centered, bulleted, indented, etc.); just hover the mouse over each icon to find out what it is for.Stay with this technique until you feel thoroughly comfortable with it. Then you can move on to more advanced reply techniques.To include a quote of the original post in your reply you click on the Reply button at the bottom of the post. A new webpage will open with an input field that has the quoted text already loaded into it. Note that the quoted text is enclosed within tags. It is usually a good idea to reduce the quoted text down to just that part of the original post that is relevant to what you are going say in your reply. In English it is customary to indicate missing words at the start and end of a quote with the ellipsis symbol (…)For more information about replying to posts, and posting in general, see the Help pages: Quote
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