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I am trying to learn how to reply to a specific post and quote a part of that specific post in my reply. As far as I know I am following the directions in the WIKI but no matter what I do I end up quoting the whole specific post not just what I highlight with the mouse.

Use your mouse to select the text in the poster’s reply that you want to insert into your reply.
Click in the body of your reply where you want the quoted text pasted.
Click on Quote.
The editor will insert the quoted text.

I follow the above steps from the WIKI but it doesn't matter what I select with the mouse, the whole post goes into the body of my reply. How do I get just what I have selected with the mouse into the body of my reply?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Lee

Hi Earl

Earl Sheneman | Forum Activity | Posted: Tue, Sep 2 2014 10:46 AM

Use your mouse to select the text in the poster’s reply that you want to insert into your reply.
Click in the body of your reply where you want the quoted text pasted.
Click on Quote.
The editor will insert the quoted text.

Thanks in advance for any help.

try this way, i just clicked the repay on the right side of your name for this post.

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623564#Comment_623564

I follow the above steps from the WIKI but it doesn't matter what I select with the mouse, the whole post goes into the body of my reply. How do I get just what I have selected with the mouse into the body of my reply?

Thanks in advance for any help.

try this way, i just clicked the repay on the right side of your name for this post.

When the reply window comes up (assuming you pushed the reply button and not the quick reply link at the bottom. You simple select what you want and click the quote link.

So you end up with this.

-dan

Earl Sheneman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623564#Comment_623564

Lee the WIKI indicates that I can select certain parts of the text with the mouse to go into the body of my message. That is what I am not able to do or am I misunderstanding what I am seeing in the WIKI.

Earl Sheneman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623567#Comment_623567

Dan I am using the reply button to the right of my name. It doesn't matter what I select with the mouse, the whole quote goes into the body of my message.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623568#Comment_623568

It doesn't matter what I select with the mouse, the whole quote goes into the body of my message.

What platform are you trying to do this on?

I get the behaviour you are describing when on my iPad but I can select portions of text and quote them when on Windows

NB.Mick

I am trying to learn how to reply to a specific post and quote a part of that specific post in my reply. As far as I know I am following the directions in the WIKI but no matter what I do I end up quoting the whole specific post not just what I highlight with the mouse.

Use your mouse to select the text in the poster’s reply that you want to insert into your reply.

Click in the body of your reply where you want the quoted text pasted.

Click on Quote.

The editor will insert the quoted text.

I follow the above steps from the WIKI but it doesn't matter what I select with the mouse, the whole post goes into the body of my reply. How do I get just what I have selected with the mouse into the body of my reply?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Earl, for quite some time now, this is browser-dependent. What you cited works 100% in Google Chrome (on my Win 7 32bit PC), however, what you describe is how it works in IE 9 (also on Win 7 32bit PC). The workaround is deleting text from the full quote afterwards.

Deacon Steve

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623596#Comment_623596

After I click the Quote button I just go in and delete the text I do not want between the "quote user=" and "/quote" leaving the part of the post I wish to respond. That may be the hard way .. just the way I found useful. Example below.

I am trying to learn how to reply to a specific post and quote a part of that specific post in my reply.

Earl Sheneman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/623703#Comment_623703

OK I think the last three posts here answered the question. I am using Win 7 on my desktop and Logos 5. IE 11 for the browser. So apparently what is described in the WIKI does not work for my platform and configuration. That is fine - answers the question anyway. I will just do as Steve recommends and that should work. Thanks guys.