We reply to a post by using their quote in our post. We type in a quite long or long enough reply then hit 'submit'. But statement appears saying "Your message must be 10 characters or more to post " (or some such facsimile ). Yet I have typed perhaps 36 words already. Why does this happen ? What do we do in this case ? Mark
It happens because you are typing your response within the quote. Be certain you are typing after the last [/quote] shown.
That happens when I accidentally wedge my reply into the original quoted material. I usually do a few "returns" before I start typing my message. Then it only does it if my message is less than 10 characters.
Thanks, I think I get it. Russ, not sure what you mean " after a few returns ". But I think I know what to do now..
"Return"...short for Carriage Return on the old type writer. Computer keyboards usually just have Return. Anyway that spaces down a few lines before I start typing
Don't confuse the boy with carriage returns! Reminds me of someone who, in an office, was asked about typewriter paper. Someone reached under his desk, pulled out a sheet of paper and handed it to the questioner. Questioner was then seen running the blank piece of "typewriter" paper through the printer to get blank typewriter paper. Underwood, Royals....ah....I've worked on IBM electrics and selectrics. Never lived until you have 20 or more early IBM electrics with hardened power rollers that nobody can fix...and you order out 20 or more new power rollers and they work like new when installed.....
I took typing in high school cause that's where all the girls were. (Could not take home ec). Came in real handy though for term papers in both high school and college. And then there were the key punch machines in college where I was banging out decks of cards for FORTRAN programs.
