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FannyCornforth Wed 14-Sept-22 09:32:23

Screenshot of desk top site on mobile phone

FannyCornforth Wed 14-Sept-22 09:30:42

That’s what my desk top site looks like BlueBelle
Hang on a mo…

BlueBelle Wed 14-Sept-22 06:12:22

No Fanny my mobile site has no red buttons at all I have a quote word on the same line as the posters name

FarNorth Wed 14-Sept-22 05:44:51

The 'I' button, next to the emoji button, on mobile site, shows you how to do a few things.

Whiff Wed 14-Sept-22 04:52:26

I have been on GN since 2019 and have learnt things I never knew. Thanks ExDancer for asking the questions.

FannyCornforth Wed 14-Sept-22 00:33:13

BlueBelle

Fanny it’s the mobile site I m talking about no maroon spots on my mobile site

Oh. Here is a screenshot from my phone

Tizliz Tue 13-Sept-22 20:28:13

The bookmark facility is very useful, especially on long threads

Esspee Tue 13-Sept-22 17:41:17

Fanny I see the opportunity for a sideline hustle for you, giving Gransnet tuition. ?

BlueBelle Tue 13-Sept-22 17:35:53

Fanny it’s the mobile site I m talking about no maroon spots on my mobile site

Grannmarie Tue 13-Sept-22 17:21:22

Dizza, you place an asterisk ✳ directly in front of/ after the name, no spaces, and it appears bold.

Grannmarie Tue 13-Sept-22 17:19:21

FannyCornforth

To quote - click on the three little maroon squares at the bottom right of the post that you want to quote.
Click quote.
You can do other stuff from there too

Thanks, Fanny, I often wondered how to do that!?

Dizza25 Tue 13-Sept-22 17:06:08

Can anyone tell me how to highlight a posters name in bold, so they know your response is for them and stands out? TIA (Thanks in advance! )

Greenfinch Tue 13-Sept-22 16:36:39

FannyCornforth

To quote - click on the three little maroon squares at the bottom right of the post that you want to quote.
Click quote.
You can do other stuff from there too

Thanks Fanny I have never noticed the squares before so thought I would give it a try and it worked!!

FannyCornforth Tue 13-Sept-22 15:45:03

Sorry all, I was just referring to the mobile site.
I haven’t used the other one for quite a while

BlueBelle Tue 13-Sept-22 15:38:43

FannyCornforth

To quote - click on the three little maroon squares at the bottom right of the post that you want to quote.
Click quote.
You can do other stuff from there too

No maroon dots on my iPad Fanny but above each post near the report button is a quote button

J52 Tue 13-Sept-22 14:52:11

Farmor15

Unfortunately the appearance on screen varies depending on whether you're using phone, tablet or laptop. On my laptop there's a grey bar on same line as username and on right of it there are a number of options - one on far right is "Quote".

So mine, in fact just used it ?

Blossoming Tue 13-Sept-22 14:12:06

Same on my iPad Farmor.

Farmor15 Tue 13-Sept-22 14:07:55

Unfortunately the appearance on screen varies depending on whether you're using phone, tablet or laptop. On my laptop there's a grey bar on same line as username and on right of it there are a number of options - one on far right is "Quote".

silverlining48 Tue 13-Sept-22 13:58:59

Well I have learned smething new too today. Thanks Fanny,

ExDancer Tue 13-Sept-22 13:56:56

Thank you FannyC. I thought I'd looked everywhere for that
'quote' link - but I hadn't looked far enough.

FannyCornforth Tue 13-Sept-22 13:35:00

Abbreviations
www.gransnet.com/info/acronyms

FannyCornforth Tue 13-Sept-22 13:33:13

Practise, rather (sorry grammarian grans)

FannyCornforth Tue 13-Sept-22 13:32:26

Practice with this one!

FannyCornforth Tue 13-Sept-22 13:31:29

To quote - click on the three little maroon squares at the bottom right of the post that you want to quote.
Click quote.
You can do other stuff from there too

ExDancer Tue 13-Sept-22 13:26:54

There are a couple of things about this forum I can't get my head round. I think I need a dictionary.

1) How do you put quotations from other posters into that little grey box?

2) How do I sort out those abbreviations? SIL, DS, etc.