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How do you quote more than one other post, within a post? I know how to quote one, but don't know how to insert a second.
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There's nothing in the forum software to do a multi-source quote for you. On way is to start the reply with your first quote, then open a new browser tab / browser instance and get the second quote started in there, switch to HTML mode in the editor and grab the html for quote 2 and paste it into the first reply.
That's not all that clear, so quick summary: Start reply with quote1, then open new browser tab to start quote2, copy html from quote2 to quote1.
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Well at least I don't feel too bad I couldn't figure it out myself, because I never would have come up with that!
I have seen a lot of people do it, I assumed it was something straightforward.
I will give it a try.
Easier than that: to quote two posts,
- Quote the first one
- Copy the reply with the quote in it (select all & copy in the reply area)
- Go back (don't post the reply)
- Quote the second one
- Paste into the reply (inserting the first quote)
You don't need two windows / panes, or html mode.
So I should be able to quote this one
There's nothing in the forum software to do a multi-source quote for you. On way is to start the reply with your first quote, then open a new browser tab / browser instance and get the second quote started in there, switch to HTML mode in the editor and grab the html for quote 2 and paste it into the first reply. That's not all that clear, so quick summary: Start reply with quote1, then open new browser tab to start quote2, copy html from quote2 to quote1.
And this one.
Easier than that: to quote two posts, - Quote the first one - Copy the reply with the quote in it (select all & copy in the reply area) - Go back (don't post the reply) - Quote the second one - Paste into the reply (inserting the first quote) You don't need to windows / panes, or html mode.
You don't need to windows / panes, or html mode.
Piece of cake, thanks!
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So I should be able to quote this one There's nothing in the forum software to do a multi-source quote for you. On way is to start the reply with your first quote, then open a new browser tab / browser instance and get the second quote started in there, switch to HTML mode in the editor and grab the html for quote 2 and paste it into the first reply. That's not all that clear, so quick summary: Start reply with quote1, then open new browser tab to start quote2, copy html from quote2 to quote1. And this one. Easier than that: to quote two posts, - Quote the first one - Copy the reply with the quote in it (select all & copy in the reply area) - Go back (don't post the reply) - Quote the second one - Paste into the reply (inserting the first quote) You don't need two windows / panes, or html mode. Piece of cake, thanks!
Easier than that: to quote two posts, - Quote the first one - Copy the reply with the quote in it (select all & copy in the reply area) - Go back (don't post the reply) - Quote the second one - Paste into the reply (inserting the first quote) You don't need two windows / panes, or html mode.
Didn't know that copy & paste like that without using html mode worked - thanks bhearn.
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