# How do you create a spoiler black-out thing?

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**Created:** [September 19, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-a-spoiler-black-out-thing/464378 "2008-09-19T23:21:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-a-spoiler-black-out-thing/464378/1 "2008-09-19T23:21:37Z")

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Sorry to be dumb, but I can’t find instructions in the FAQs.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-a-spoiler-black-out-thing/464378/2 "2008-09-19T23:24:46Z")

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[noparse]Like this[/noparse]

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**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-a-spoiler-black-out-thing/464378/3 "2008-09-19T23:31:47Z")

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Thanks friedo!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-a-spoiler-black-out-thing/464378/4 "2008-09-19T23:52:24Z")

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> [@Lillith\_Fair](#):
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> Sorry to be dumb, but I can’t find instructions in the FAQs.

You’ve been here for six years, and you don’t know to ask this in \*About This Message Board? \*

Moved, answered, closed. Game, set, match.

**samclem** General Questions Moderator