Re: Re: Editing Messages I see now and get it

March 13, 2008

I see we have been asked to remove the message we are responding to, like

you just responded to the editing post and that is all that is on this page

except your response. Am I right ? Well this may be a problem for me at

times as I have such a hard time responding to post at times I keep it below to

refer to when posting. I again will say I am a numb one on a p.c and have all I

can do to manuver what I do now, but will attempt to try and fill this members

request if not done, I apoligize, and just chalk it up as a Fibro with mental

block on comprehending things these days, as have been running on overload and

have been trying the simplify my life theory suggested by Dr. long ago. Take

care, Sharon

Mystic wrote: I try to remove any remanant of

any previous messages from my post.

Sorry if any slipped through.

N.

March 14, 2008

Sharon,

> I see we have been asked to remove the message we are

> responding to, like you just responded to the editing post and that

> is all that is on this page except your response. Am I right ?

> Well this may be a problem for me at times as I have such a hard

> time responding to post at times I keep it below to refer to when

> posting.Hi Sharon!

I'm not , not a moderator, and have no official standing with the

group or anything, but I thought maybe I could help you with this.

You are either reading your mail using a program like Microsoft

Outlook, or reading the group's mail on the Yahoo groups web site.

If you are downloading and reading your mail using a program, one

thing that might make it easier is if you change your mail options to

choose the " traditional " mail option. Yahoo has this spiffy " New and

Improved! " format that I find hard to use when replying. If you go

to the Yahoo web site for this group, click on " Edit Membership " . At

the bottom of the page you will see " New and Improved " , or

" traditional " . Click on " Traditional " . You may find it easier to

select what you want to quote from the message.

You don't want to eliminate all parts of the message you are replying

to. Just keep the part that you're answering, and get rid of the

rest. You see what part of your message I kept, at the beginning of

mine?

If you are using a program like Outlook: When you want to reply to a

message, use the mouse, and click on the beginning of the part that

you want to keep, hold the button down, and " drag " the pointer to the

end of the part you want to keep, and release the button. It will be

highlighted. On my computer, the text is highlighted in blue. Then

click on " Reply " . You will get a window where you type your message,

and only the text that you selected will be displayed.

If you're reading mail on Yahoo, it may be a little harder, because

when you click on " Reply " , it copies *all* of the text. At least it

strips out the " non-text " stuff and all those messages at the

bottom. Now, you have to select the parts of the message that you

*don't* want to keep, in the same way as described above, and after

you release the mouse button and the text is highlighted, hit the

" delete " key, or click on Edit at the top of the screen, then " Cut " .

Look at how much of your message I kept, and how much I didn't.

That's the idea, to just keep the part you're replying to.

Practice it a few times, and I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.

>

Z

March 14, 2008

I always leave the message I'm responding to because if there is no message

there, I have no clue what I'm responding to and just skip over it rather

than be frustrated with it. It's especially difficult when there have been

other posts about something and the original is lost in the shuffle.

I do understand deleting all the Yahoo crap at the end.

Tigger (Ruth) in Rhode Island

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From: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

[mailto:Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ] On Behalf Of sharon

studley

Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:11 PM

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Subject: Re: Re: Editing Messages I see now and get it

I see we have been asked to remove the message we are responding to, like

you just responded to the editing post and that is all that is on this page

except your response. Am I right ? Well this may be a problem for me at

times as I have such a hard time responding to post at times I keep it below

to refer to when posting. I again will say I am a numb one on a p.c and have

all I can do to manuver what I do now, but will attempt to try and fill this

members request if not done, I apoligize, and just chalk it up as a Fibro

with mental block on comprehending things these days, as have been running

on overload and have been trying the simplify my life theory suggested by

Dr. long ago. Take care, Sharon

Mystic <mystic_102164@ <mailto:mystic_102164%40yahoo.com> yahoo.com> wrote:

I try to remove any remanant of any previous messages from my post.

Sorry if any slipped through.

N.

March 14, 2008

I agree tigger well said. I have to do the same thing as I have so many emails

to read It is nice to know where it originated. As I can get lost.

Soft hugs

Lori

Moderator

Tigger wrote:

I always leave the message I'm responding to because if there is no

message