Editting existing posts

[fh1805]

I need some help from an expert Forum user (as opposed to an expert PTE user).

In my thread on Audacity Sound Editor software I have, over the course of its life thus far, posted three different versions of the Audacity User Guide. I'd like to withdraw the first two links and replace them with a direction to post #12 which currently holds the up-to-date version. I understand how to get the link to post #12 and put it in a post. I have tried to edit the post that contains the link to the initial version but the attachment link is still there. How do I edit one of my posts and remove the embedded attachment?

Also, are there any "best practice"s in respect of the etiquette of editting one's own posts so that others know by whom, when and why the post was editted.

Please can somebody coach/tutor/mentor me on this matter?

[Hawk]

Hi Peter

Edited your post as " Full Edited "

Below the text section you will see the section " Attachments " - and off to the right " Manage Current Attachments " - click on the drop down to view attachment, and click delete.

You may have to - drag across original text - to highlight, then right click - delete text.

Click " Submit Modified Post " - down near bottom.

Then edit your other post to direct to post #12.

[fh1805]

Ralph,

Many thanks, that was just the help that I needed!

Whilst in Full Edit I tried to add a hyperlink to post #12. The way that I went about it did actually create a link to a post #12 - but to post #12 in a totally unrelated thread!

The technique I used (from within Full Edit) was to take the "Insert a Special Item" option, ask it to add a Post Link, keyed 12 as the post number and "here" as the text (actually keyed in without the quotes, of course). As I say, it built a link but to a post 12 in some other thread. Having discovered that it hadn't built the link I wanted, I went back into Full Edit again and deleted the link to the post.

Creating a forum post to behave as you would like is almost as challenging as creating a PTE sequence to do just what you want it to!

Once again, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.