Ive looked at the FAQ's but...

[francesca]

I can't seem to find a way to quote just part of a post. Sometimes I just want to pick out a phrase but I don't seem to be able to get the hang of it, Sorry to be such an internet incompetent, but can someone help me? I didnt want to hijack an existing thread and butt in with this...
Thanks, F

 

[clueless]

There must be another way to do it, but I haven't found out yet. I just quote the whole posting and then delete most of it to leave the words I want to quote.

 

[Ice]

Ok - it's fairly easy, all you do is put the [ QUOTE ] [ / QUOTE ] around the part of the text you want to quote. Using your text above as an example:

[ QUOTE = francesca ]I can't seem to find a way to quote just part of a post. Sometimes I just want to pick out a phrase but I don't seem to be able to get the hang of it, Sorry to be such an internet incompetent, but can someone help me? I didnt want to hijack an existing thread and butt in with this...
Thanks, F[ / QUOTE ]

Gives:

I can't seem to find a way to quote just part of a post. Sometimes I just want to pick out a phrase but I don't seem to be able to get the hang of it, Sorry to be such an internet incompetent, but can someone help me? I didnt want to hijack an existing thread and butt in with this...
Thanks, F

If you only wanted part of the paragraph, simply edit what is in between the [ QUOTE ] [ / QUOTE ].

Ie:

[ QUOTE ] I didnt want to hijack an existing thread and butt in with this...
[ / QUOTE ]

Gives:

I didnt want to hijack an existing thread and butt in with this...

You may also have noticed that the second time I didn't put a username in.

All you do to quote individual users (as oppose to just using QUOTE) you simply add their name in after you type QUOTE:

Ie:

[ QUOTE = francesca ] as oppose to [ QUOTE ]

HTH

 

[francesca]

ooh thanks for all of that, sorry to be so lame. I'll give it a little practise next time, thanks.

 

[Kookamoor]

It's not a lame question, Francesca (I love your name, btw). I've asked my fair share of dumb questions, so don't worry!

Good luck!

 

[Robert]

I usually just use the quote button and then delete what I don't want.