# Yeah, lazy, how to quote part of a post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141 "2004-01-26T12:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/1 "2004-01-26T12:39:12Z")
I’m sure I could figure this out, but I do the trial by error approach, and that would mean at least a few unintelligible posts. How can I quote a part of another Dopers post? I’ve made a few attempts, but keep copying the entire post. Thanks and you’re welcome in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/2 "2004-01-26T12:42:16Z")
Just delete what you don’t want. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/3 "2004-01-26T12:43:59Z")
Never thought of that, thanks. I’ll try it next time. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/4 "2004-01-26T12:44:07Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > How can I quote a part of another Dopers post? I’ve made a few attempts, but keep copying the entire post. > > Thanks and you’re welcome in advance > > 🙂 There might be a better way, but I just erase the parts of the quote I don’t want to use after the whole quote is in the reply box. ---
**Author:** ![gleeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@gleeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gleeb)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/5 "2004-01-26T12:45:14Z")
I’m working in a Windows environment here. Make alterations to these steps as necessary to your system. 1. OK, highlight what you want to quote. Right-click and copy. 2. Now, in your reply, write this: {quote}Thanks and you’re welcome in advance{/quote} 3. Now, make sure that the brackets are **not** curly brackets{}, but square brackets . 4. > [@](#): > > Thanks and you’re welcome in advance You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/6 "2004-01-26T14:57:04Z")
The two options above are both useful: 1. Use quote button to quote whole post. Delete unwanted portions. 2. Cut and paste desired text to quote, enclosing pasted text in quote coding as demonstrated. But there is a third method that has some virtues: It assures you that your post won’t be lost altogether if the system is sluggish or inaccessible when you submit; it enables you to work with multiple quotes, including from several people’s posts; it permits spellcheck; and it may well be faster typing than is possible otherwise. This is the following: 1. Use MS Word, Wordpad, or other text editor to compose your post. Keep the Dope open in a browser. Use cut-and-paste to extract quotes and enclose in quote-code brackets as in (2). When you’ve completed your proposed post, select all and copy, switch to the browser, click on the “reply” (not “quote” button) and paste the whole thing in at once. Submit as usual. ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/7 "2004-01-26T15:20:50Z")
1. Use quote button to quote whole post. Delete unwanted portions. I was going to post solely to ask where the quote button was now.By chance I found it when I clicked “Reply”. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/8 "2004-01-26T17:27:45Z")
I’ll be the jerk here and mention that this is probably best suited for the “ATMB” forum…as are practice posts. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-lazy-how-to-quote-part-of-a-post/226141/9 "2004-01-26T18:51:00Z")
Yeah, this should have been posted in ATMB, but since it’s already answered, I’ll just close it. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator