# How do I use the Multi-Quote button? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537 "2010-01-26T17:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/1 "2010-01-26T17:53:17Z")
I click on it; it changes colour; nothing happens. How does one use it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/2 "2010-01-26T18:07:00Z")
You did it right, when you hit " Post Reply" or “Quote” in the last post you want to quote, you’ll see all the posts in the reply window. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/3 "2010-01-26T18:10:17Z")
and if you have multiquotes from another thread, you can click “Post Reply” in the thread where you want them to appear and there is an option that pops up asking if you want to bring the quotes from the other thread into your current post. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/4 "2010-01-26T18:25:02Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > and if you have multiquotes from another thread, you can click “Post Reply” in the thread where you want them to appear and there is an option that pops up asking if you want to bring the quotes from the other thread into your current post. I’m not sure I follow this, but I’ll try out some test posts. > [@runner pat](#): > > You did it right, when you hit " Post Reply" or “Quote” in the last post you want to quote, you’ll see all the posts in the reply window. Thank you. That works. I was missing step 2 in the process. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/5 "2010-01-26T18:33:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m not sure I follow this, but I’ll try out some test posts. You want to post in thread 1 but you need some quotes from thread 2. Open thread 2 in a new window and hit relevant multiquote buttons. Hit any relevant multiquote buttons in thread 1. Go to the bottom of thread 1 and hit “Post Reply” The multiquotes from thread 1 only will appear in the text box A link will appear asking if you want to bring in the quotes from the other thread Click the link The quotes from thread 2 will now also appear in the text box in thread 1 Finish typing your post as usual ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-use-the-multi-quote-button/526537/6 "2010-01-26T18:56:47Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > You want to post in thread 1 but you need some quotes from thread 2. > > Open thread 2 in a new window and hit relevant multiquote buttons. > > Hit any relevant multiquote buttons in thread 1. > > Go to the bottom of thread 1 and hit “Post Reply” > > The multiquotes from thread 1 only will appear in the text box > > A link will appear asking if you want to bring in the quotes from the other thread > > Click the link > > The quotes from thread 2 will now also appear in the text box in thread 1 > > Finish typing your post as usual > [@Interesting/Clever Street and Subdivision Names!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/43): > > No. 😕 > [@Interesting/Clever Street and Subdivision Names!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/38): > > There’s a short, very steep road with a pub at the bottom in a small town near my place. It’s called Falldown Lane. > [@Perhaps the single most disgusting picture I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-the-single-most-disgusting-picture-i-have-ever-seen/526505/10): > > I’m not sure I believe it. Look to the right of the stuff and you’ll see another box with this stuff in it. Why would they be putting it into cardboard boxes? Why is it homogeneously pink? > > I don’t believe the caption. I think it is in fact C) Plastic foam. Ha! None of the above posts are relevant to the topic: just a test. Thanks!