Breaking up quotes in replies...

[Dormie]

Is there an easy way to break up a reply-quote in order to reply to someone's questions/comments separately? I know that everyone is doing it, even myself. But I find that it's a pain, unless I am missing something.

I've been re-typing the [quote;blah blah/] and the [/quote] as many times as I need it. Is that the only way?

The pain of it is that I cannot copy and paste the [quote] thing. When I select text and right click, I don't get a COPY option.

Am I missing a short cut to doing this easily?

Thanks.

[JimSomebody]

Originally Posted by Dormie

Is there an easy way to break up a reply-quote in order to reply to someone's questions/comments separately?

As you know, when you hit the "reply/quote" button in the post you want to reply to, you get a message box that starts with the entire post enclosed in the "quote" markers.

I click and drag over the entire post, including the "quote" markers, to highlight it. Then I do a Ctrl-c to copy it. Then I do a Ctrl-v to paste a second copy of the entire post (including "quote" markers) lower in the message box. Then I go back to the first copy of the post and delete the parts that I don't want to respond to just yet, leaving only the part that I do want to respond to, taking care not to delete the "quote" markers. I write my reply to that part of the person's post, and then I proceed to the second copy of the post. I delete the parts I don't want to respond to, leaving only the part I do want to respond to. I repeat the process for as many separate replies as needed.

Originally Posted by Dormie

The pain of it is that I cannot copy and paste the quote thing. When I select text and right click, I don't get a COPY option.

Doesn't Ctrl-c let you copy (and Ctrl-v let you paste)?

[Dormie]

Originally Posted by JimSomebody

As you know, when you hit the "reply/quote" button in the post you want to reply to, you get a message box that starts with the entire post enclosed in the "quote" markers.

Hey!

Originally Posted by JimSomebody

I click and drag over the entire post, including the "quote" markers, to highlight it. Then I do a Ctrl-c to copy it. Then I do a Ctrl-v to paste a second copy of the entire post (including "quote" markers) lower in the message box. Then I go back to the first copy of the post and delete the parts that I don't want to respond to just yet, leaving only the part that I do want to respond to, taking care not to delete the "quote" markers. I write my reply to that part of the person's post, and then I proceed to the second copy of the post. I delete the parts I don't want to respond to, leaving only the part I do want to respond to. I repeat the process for as many separate replies as needed.

It looks like it worked!

Originally Posted by JimSomebody

Doesn't Ctrl-c let you copy (and Ctrl-v) let you paste?

Thank you so much! For some reason ctrl-C/ctrl-V wasn't working for me for so long...

I appreciate the help!

[JimSomebody]

Glad to have helped, Dormie!

[Wazmankg]

I copy just the beginning and ending bracketed quote markers, then paste them in as needed wherever I want the quote separated.. inserting my responses in between of course.

[pick-it-up]

The newer versions of vBulletin have a multi-quote feature.

If you use FireFox, there's a cool extension called "Paste Quote"....that might help too.

[straightshooter]

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Test

[Dormie]

Originally Posted by straightshooter

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Yeah, but it doesn't attribute the quote.

[straightshooter]

Originally Posted by Dormie

Yeah, but it doesn't attribute the quote.

You are right! Might save some time though if you want to go to town on a single post! Attributed quote for the 1st one. Non-attributed for the rest!

[HackBlack]

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I never noticed this button before.

Yeah, but it doesn't attribute the quote.

Not too worried about that

Sweet! That's been bugging me since I joined. Thanks to all.