# Question about vB code

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**Created:** [May 3, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-vb-code/64173 "2001-05-03T03:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-vb-code/64173/1 "2001-05-03T03:25:22Z")

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I’ve read all faq’s on vB code, and was wondering, at the risk of exposing myself as computer illiterate (o.k. , too late for that), how to get a specific (attributed) quote i.e. “originally posted by x”. Are there any other cool things I can do with vB code not mentioned in faqs?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-vb-code/64173/2 "2001-05-03T04:03:28Z")

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**eunoia** , the nice formatted

> [@](#):
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> _originally posted by eunoia_  
> Whatever

Comes from pressing the ‘quote’ button bottom of a post.

About the only formatting things that aren’t mentioned in the faq and vB code area is the [\*\*sub] and the [\*\*sup] tags for subscript & superscript.

Now, how people have found to do special things with the regular codes is something else. Dig back thru this forum and you’ll find many threads explaining how to do stuff like this one, [_vb code explained_ by Louie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923).

Jim

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-vb-code/64173/3 "2001-05-03T17:32:48Z")

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Thanks, Jim, helpful as always!

your humble TubaDiva  
who is always thrilled to see Dopers doin’ it for themselves.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-vb-code/64173/4 "2001-05-04T02:25:18Z")

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[sub]thanks, it’s all clear to me now[/sub]