How do I make the "Quotes" work?

[Kohinoor]

It's a fairly common question, so thought I'd share a bit re this :-

1. What is a Quote?
This is where someone's words are highlighted within a post - like this :-

This is a Quote

2. How do I quote someone else's words :-
a. First, select the words you want to Quote - click and hold your left button while selecting the words to be quoted
b. "Copy" the selected words (Ctrl C or "Edit/Copy")
c. Start your Post where you want to use those words
d. When you get to the place you want to use them, paste the words into your Reply (Ctrl V, or "Edit/Paste).
e. Make them into a Quote in one of two ways :-

i Select the pasted words again (or, they might still be selected after Pasting them) then Click on the Quote button above your Reply. This is the button that looks like a yellow page with "writing" on it (fourth button from the right in the row of buttons that start with Bold, Italics, then Underline - scoot along to the right from these). Doing this ADDS the tags to make a Quote.

ii or - instead of using i above, you can simply TYPE the correct tags at both ends of the "words you want to quote". These tags change the way the words are displayed. For a Quote, these are the tags (in Blue)

(quote) These are the words I want to Quote. (/quote)

See, that didn't work - and that is because I used Round brackets so you could SEE the tags (and how to type them).

If we now change the brackets to being Square ones, you will see this :-

These are the words I want to Quote.

Up to you which way to use - some prefer typing the tags, while others like "point and click". Use whichever way suits you,

Koh