# need help! how to quote **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 28, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894 "2000-06-28T16:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lunapark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lunapark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunapark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/1 "2000-06-28T16:49:54Z")
I want to post replies in some of the threads, but i have NO CLUE how to quote, aside from copy and pasting. Please let me know how, Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/2 "2000-06-28T17:35:47Z")
Look up and to the right of your screen. Click on FAQ. there’s a link for vB coding under the heading ‘Can I use HTML Code in posts?’ The short answer is to enclose the material you with to quote with {quote}Quote{/quote}, but replacing { for [. ---
**Author:** ![lunapark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lunapark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunapark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/3 "2000-06-28T17:55:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Look up and to the right of your screen thanks ---
**Author:** ![\_Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/71e660/32.png) [@\_Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Tymp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/4 "2000-06-28T18:41:07Z")
Cut and paste is actually easier, especially if you only want part of the quote. Also, it doesn’t come out in bold with so much space that it overshadows your own comment. Just do this: lunapark:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ I want to post replies in some of the threads, but i have NO CLUE how to quote, aside from copy and pasting. Please let me know how, Thanks * * * Use ctrl-c to cut and ctrl-v to paste, instead of the pulldown menus. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/5 "2000-06-28T18:46:42Z")
Note post count. ---
**Author:** ![lunapark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lunapark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunapark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/6 "2000-06-28T19:35:26Z")
so that guy was a troll, yet he was trying to be helpful. odd ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/7 "2000-06-29T02:38:00Z")
Odd indeed, lunapark, but, upon reflection, one can make a bit of sense out of it. Trolls are not evil super geniuses. They are misguided individuals struggling to find a way to express and present themselves as noteworthy members of a society. They will do a great many strange things in order to achieve that end. ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/8 "2000-06-29T08:32:47Z")
Use ctrl-c to cut and ctrl-v to paste, instead of the pulldown menus. Just testing. I was wondering about the quote thing too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/9 "2000-06-29T08:37:15Z")
[quote] Use ctrl-c to cut and ctrl-v to paste, instead of the pulldown menus. [quote] More testing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/10 "2000-06-29T08:38:46Z")
[quote] More testing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bluemonchichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bluemonchichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluemonchichi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/11 "2000-06-29T08:40:16Z")
> [@](#): > > More testing. I think I got it this time. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/12 "2000-07-03T21:23:23Z")
o.k., now my turn Odd indeed, lunapark, but, upon reflection, one can make a bit of sense out of it. Trolls are not evil super geniuses. They are misguided individuals struggling to find a way to express and present themselves as noteworthy members of a society. They will do a great many strange things in order to achieve that end. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/13 "2000-07-03T22:13:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minlokwat \* > o.k., now my turn ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-how-to-quote/23894/14 "2000-07-06T13:48:11Z")
Bluemon wrote > [@](#): > > I think I got it this time. Me too! Thanks for the pointers; I’d been having problems highlighting text and using the copy and paste commands in the edit menu. The control-c and control-v seem to work.