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Old 1st Mar 2007, 9:10 am   #7
Mike Phelan
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Default Re: Quotes - how do I do them?

It may be worth mentioning that if you only need to quote part of the original post, delete the rest of it for readability and to save clutter. You can put something like [ ... ] or [snip] where the middle of a sentence has been removed or it is necessary to know that there was more text there.

Of course, you can also use the [ /quote ] and [ quote ] tags to split the quote text so you can put your comments on individual items.

Samples of these two ideas:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Norman Conquest
This pocket transistor set used a couple of 2N3055s in the output [ ... ]Tobey-Dinsdale configuration
PP3s did not last long either!
Quote:
The tuning dial was made from walrus tusks
Be very careful when you remove these, especially if you have a dog.
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Look at the source of this reply by clicking on the Quote button, and that should make it all clearer.
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