Q: How are people splitting a long post to imbed multiple replies?
In the previous forum, it was easy to split a long post into segments and insert a reply to each segment. How do people go about doing this with the current software. Inserting and editing the text multiple times isn't fun. Editing the html is a little iffy for me.
You recall:
>part one of question
a brilliant response
>part two of question
another brilliant response
A possible solution would be to add a new icon to the advanced edit to make the quote on the fly. Something like underlining, but with the reverse video.
Robert
iMac G3 600, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Posted on Jun 3, 2011 10:08 AM
You can also copy-paste the entire message, then insert your replies in separate paragraphs under each section from the pasted message. Then select (highlight) each pasted-message section and click the Quote button.
Behavior of the Quote button -
• If nothing is selected in the reply window, then clicking that button will result in the entire replied-to message being entered as a quote.
• If you select a line or paragraph in the reply window by highlighting it, then when you click the Quote button the highlighted portion will be set off in quote format. This is very handy to set off a block of text grabbed from another window, such as from a KBase article.
*****
>part one of question
a brilliant response
>part two of question
another brilliant response
Be cautious about 'brilliant' responses. All too often a mirror is involved in the process, which makes it hard to see where you're going.
Posted on Jun 3, 2011 10:52 AM

