Thank you Anne. Your instructions are clear and helpful.
Brett C. On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Brett, > > On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: >> >> In many of the messages I read on this list, there are replies with quotes >> that start with the originals senders name, followed by the word wrote, >> followed by a only a selection of the original text, and is often followed >> by the answer to their question. Are people manually typing the person's >> name followed by wrote, or is there a way to do this automatically? If >> there is a way to do this automatically, I ask that someone will explain how >> to do it. > When you press Command-R to reply to a message, you'll see the original > message in the text area, starting with, "On such and such a day, at such and > such a time, so and so wrote:" > To quote some of the contents of the message to which you are replying, > highlight the parts you want to remove and press Delete to get rid of them. > Type your contribution in the appropriate places. > > So, for instance, navigate past the when and from whom, then hold down the > Shift key and use Option-Right Arrow to move word by word past the part you > want to delete, and press Delete. > Then start navigating without the Shift key until you are past the part you > want to reply to, then type your reply. > > You can delete the rest of the earlier message by pressing Shift-Command-Down > Arrow followed by Delete. > > I hope this makes sense. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
