Text Formatting:
So here's how to create [B] bold, [I] italic, [U] underlined,
and [change color] colorcolorcolor text.
To use the BBCodes in your posts - it's those interface boxes that you will see above the message area.
All these boxes have BBCodes and includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text. This is achieved in the following ways.
To change a piece of text, hi-light it (this is done by placing the curser on the beginning of the text and left click and hold down, then drag the mouse all the way to the end of the text that you want to format and this will hi-light it), now you can choose which style you would like to use and left click that box. You will see a BBcode come up in front of and behind the selected text.
If you want to use more than 1 formating tool, you will need to repeat this process again re-hi-light the same text and left click another box.
To make a text a different color, hi-light the text and click the 'change color' box and when the list comes down, click on the desired color.
Common acronyms and their meanings:
These are all abbreviations for specific phrases commonly used in informal written computer correspondence.
AFAIC As far as I'm concerned
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
BRB Be right back
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
C/C Comments and criticism
EOM End of message
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
HTH Hope this helps
IDK I Don't Know
IIRC If I recall correctly
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
JK Just Kidding
LOL Laughing out loud
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MOTSS Member of the same sex
OMG Oh my God
OTOH On the other hand
RL Real Life, as opposed to the Internet
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SO Significant other
TTYL Talk to you later
W/E Whatever
Copy and Paste:
If you would like to move a word or piece of text somewhere else, here is what you do.
Place the curser on the beginning of the text and left click and hold down, then drag the mouse all the way to the end of the text and it will hi-light or darken around the text.
Now place the curser on any part of the hi-lighted text and right click (a left click off the text will remove the hi-light), when the list appears click on 'copy'.
Now this text is saved and you can take it anywhere you want to place it.
When you are ready to paste it, put the curser on the page where you want the text to appear (now keep the mouse curse close to the blinking curser) and right click. When the list comes up choose 'paste.'
Text in 'quote' box:
To take a certain section of a post and put it in your post in a darkened 'quote' box, you need to;
Go to the post you want to quote and take your curser (the arrow on the page) to the first word and left click it on the first word and hold the clicker down and drag it over the line and go down over the entire text you want to quote. Now with this darkened you can right click and then click the 'save' option and you have it saved to use where you want.
Now you can go to your message box and put your curser where you want the text to come up on the page and click there so your curser will blink where you want the text to be on the page. Now right click and click on the 'paste' option. This will bring up the text you want to quote.
Now drag your curser over it again and darken it again. Go to the icons and look for the little box that says 'insert quote' and click on it. This puts the BB code on either side of the text in your message box, but it will come up in the darkened box on your post. You can 'preview' it before you post if you like.
Helpful Hint:
Another tip is if you make a mistake and delete a whole line of text, or even the whole text, simply press [Ctrl / Z] at the same time, this will reverse the mistake you made. You can press it mulitple times to "undo" a lot of changes.
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