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davidbuckley
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Username: Davidbuckley

Post Number: 65
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 12:54 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Can't seem to use bold and italic buttons. I just selected the word "italic" in the previous sentence and then clicked the slanted I button above the text entry box and all I got was the weird backslash lower case open bracket sequence right before the words "I just".

The "sequence" above cannot be seen in the post. When I selected a word and then clicked the italics button, instead of italicizing the word "italic", everything I typed after clicking the italics button came out in italics.

Can one not select text and then format it?

Any advice?


Be well, all.

David Buckley
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Dave Ross
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Username: Dave

Post Number: 3886
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 9:27 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It doesn't work like a word processor. The backslash and command opening brace is what's inserted when you click the button first time. Then type what you want and click the button again to get the closing brace.
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Brian O'Leary
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Username: Brianoleary

Post Number: 1058
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 1:38 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Willie Wonka and the HTML Factory.
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Dave Ross
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Username: Dave

Post Number: 3898
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 9:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Uh oh... now I can't change my profile picture.
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Brian O'Leary
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Username: Brianoleary

Post Number: 1059
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 12:07 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Go ahead and change it. My humor doesn't have a half-life of more than a day, anyway :-)
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Timmeh
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Username: Timmeh

Post Number: 567
Registered: 1-2002


Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 12:20 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's never stopped me!
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Brian O'Leary
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Username: Brianoleary

Post Number: 1065
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 10:04 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm not sure if you mean your picture or the half-life of your humor :-)

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