I confess that I have no idea how the board runs, I am not very technical, and I do not want to “break” the board. I have noticed that sometimes a person will break up a very long post into several entries. I have written a reply to a thread which is quite long, and I am unsure if it’s alright to post it en mass, or if I should seperate it into several entries.
Thank you.
A long post will not “break” the board. You might want to break it up into smaller chunks for readability. Some people see a single post that takes up the full screen and then some and are inclined to skip over it.
There is no rule about long replies, so far as I know (though I am not a moderator, so my word on that is not definitive). There is a technical limitation, I think, but it’s huge, and I’ve never heard of anybody exceeding it without specifically trying to in a test thread. Some people split a reply into multiple replies as a way of organizing their thoughts, or to reply to multiple people, but that’s a matter of personal style. And, of course, some multiple replies are because someone forgot to mention something the first time through.
Thank you very much, I am off to post!
That was only 8000 characters. The board limit is 20,000 characters for a single post. Just so you know.
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That was only 8000 characters. The board limit is 20,000 characters for a single post. Just so you know.
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Wow, that would be an impressive post indeed if one maxed out. So enlighten me if you would, please, how did you come up with the actual count, because I know that you didn’t count each character.
I am so not technically gifted.
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Wow, that would be an impressive post indeed if one maxed out. So enlighten me if you would, please, how did you come up with the actual count, because I know that you didn’t count each character.
I am so not technically gifted.
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I dunno how Exapno Mapcase did it, but I do know abouy several ways to do it. There is a feature in MS Word that I’m told will do it. Obviously, I haven’t tried it, since I don’t know first hand.
What I do if/when I want a character or word count is to paste a copy into Note Tab Lite (other versions sell for modest prices; Lite is free) and go to Tools, then Text Statistics, and it pops up a window with the information on it. A very handy utility! 
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Wow, that would be an impressive post indeed if one maxed out.
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Indeed. Here’s a splendid example:
Thanks for the information and the link tygerbryght, I believe it will come in handy as I work on my writing skills. Oh, someday to publish my Alaskan stories, it’s a very big dream of mine.
Also, thank you xash! I remember the musical, it was so creative. And long!
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I dunno how Exapno Mapcase did it, but I do know abouy several ways to do it. There is a feature in MS Word that I’m told will do it. Obviously, I haven’t tried it, since I don’t know first hand.
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Yep, just did a quick cut and paste into Word. Then Tools/Word Count, which gives the character count as well.
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Thanks for the information and the link tygerbryght, I believe it will come in handy as I work on my writing skills. Oh, someday to publish my Alaskan stories, it’s a very big dream of mine.
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There’s another advantage - AFAIK - to Note Tab. The statistics window offers “more” - and that’s a wordcount breakdown. You can look at it and see whether there are any words that you’re using too often. I don’t refer to that very often, but it’s nice knowing it’s there. It’s sorta like the poor man’s version of a grammar analyzer, with the advantage that it just tells you what’s there rather than being a noodge, telling you to change your writing style.