What is Multi-Quote?

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    Multi-Quote is a feature that enables you to quote multiple posts in your response. Please see the attached picture for an example of multi-quoted post.


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    When should we use Multi-quote?


    • If several people in a thread have asked the same question or query and you want to provide all of them a single answer
    • If you want to respond to multiple messages in a single response
    Please DO NOT use multi-quote if you are just thanking people for participation in a thread. Just referencing them by name in your response should be good enough.

    Also, when using multi-quote, it is not courteous to quote entire posts. You would unnecessarily increase the page length making browsing harder for members. You should quote only the portion of the message that is relevant to your reply (i.e. you should edit out portions of the quoted message that is not relevant to your reply). Clicking on multio.JPG icon to the right of the quoted member's name (circled in the attachment) will take readers to the full message.

    How can I Multi-Quote?

    1. Click on the multi-quote multi.JPG icon for all the posts that you want to quote ( the multi-quote icon will be ticked once the icon is clicked.)

    multieye.jpg




    2. Click
    reply.JPG button at top left or bottom left of the page. All the messages will show in your "Reply to Thread" box. Edit out portions of each message that is not relevant to your reply. Type in your reply right below each message. Click Submit Reply.
     
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