Savoir Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 OK ..... I'm going to have to claim idiocy here.I can't figure out how 'multi-quote' works or even what it's supposed to do.Can anyone explain how to use it? ...... or point me to an explaination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaCaldo Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Don't feel bad Savoir.... I didn't know what it was till I played with it either! Let's say you are in a thread and you want to reply to two or more different people's posts. If you click on just "quote", then you will have to make two (or more)different posts to reply to all of them.But if you click on the "multiquote" button (it looks like a giant quote "" mark right next to the word "quote") on everyone's post that you want to quote, THEN click on the "Reply" button, ALL of those posts will show up as quoted in the box where you can write your new post. Another trick I use is when someone posts a really long response and I want to address each point in their post, I copy their quoted text, and paste it several times inside of my reply box. Then I can delete, snip it down, and address each point separately while still nicely quoting the originator of the post! It does take some work, but is easier on the eyes to read than other ways people reply to long posts.HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaCaldo Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 OK ..... I'm going to have to claim idiocy here.I can't figure out how 'multi-quote' works or even what it's supposed to do.Can anyone explain how to use it? ...... or point me to an explaination?This is me clicking on the "quote" button..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaCaldo Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 OK ..... I'm going to have to claim idiocy here.I can't figure out how 'multi-quote' works or even what it's supposed to do.Can anyone explain how to use it? ...... or point me to an explaination? Don't feel bad Savoir.... I didn't know what it was till I played with it either! Let's say you are in a thread and you want to reply to two or more different people's posts. If you click on just "quote", then you will have to make two (or more)different posts to reply to all of them.But if you click on the "multiquote" button (it looks like a giant quote "" mark right next to the word "quote") on everyone's post that you want to quote, THEN click on the "Reply" button, ALL of those posts will show up as quoted in the box where you can write your new post. Another trick I use is when someone posts a really long response and I want to address each point in their post, I copy their quoted text, and paste it several times inside of my reply box. Then I can delete, snip it down, and address each point separately while still nicely quoting the originator of the post! It does take some work, but is easier on the eyes to read than other ways people reply to long posts.HTH! This is me clicking on the "multiquote" button on each post, then clicking on the "PostReply" button at the bottom of the page.... see how it works?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 This is me clicking on the "multiquote" button on each post??This is me clicking on the "quote" button..... Don't feel bad Savoir.... I didn't know what it was till I played with it either! but is easier on the eyes to read than other ways people reply to long posts.HTH! you can also do it by using the "quote brackets" manually by typing the the same as the quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpanky Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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