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legs avatar
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Subject: Discussion forums
Date Posted: 12/19/2022 3:30 PM ET
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I can't get to the last/current page of any forum. Even though there's a recent post and I scroll down to the last page it's not current.

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Subject: Delete
Date Posted: 12/21/2022 9:52 AM ET
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Can I delete this post since it's a duplicate?

 

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Date Posted: 12/21/2022 1:31 PM ET
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No but you can edit and rename the title as deleted or nevermind or whatever you want and clear out the text inside. 

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Subject: Never mind
Date Posted: 12/26/2022 3:05 PM ET
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How do I edit or rename the title to never mind?



Last Edited on: 12/26/22 7:52 PM ET - Total times edited: 1
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Date Posted: 12/26/2022 5:33 PM ET
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Under your name are 3 buttons, Bookshelf, Wish List, and Edit Post.

Click on the one labeled Edit Post.

Then you can backspace and change the title to whatever you want.

And backspace out all the text of the message.

Then click the Update Reply button at the bottom.



Last Edited on: 12/26/22 5:33 PM ET - Total times edited: 1
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Date Posted: 12/26/2022 6:34 PM ET
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Easier than the 'backspace each word' --after clicking 'edit post'  highlight the whole post and hit the backspace once. 

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Subject: Never mind
Date Posted: 12/26/2022 7:52 PM ET
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Thank you.

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Date Posted: 12/27/2022 9:23 AM ET
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How do you highlight the whole post?

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Date Posted: 12/27/2022 11:14 AM ET
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You should be able to use edit function on a laptop to highlight. 
    or on ipad/tablet do this: tap your finger twice at top or bottom of post til the blue dot shows up, then move finger up or down so the highlighting covers the parts you want to delete. When all you want to remove is highlighted, click the back or delete button and it's gone. If you struggle to highlight a large chunk of text, do it in pieces. 

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Subject: Photos or Attachments in Forums
Date Posted: 1/11/2023 9:31 PM ET
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Is there a way to upload a photo into the Forums? I'd like to query members for an opinion, but I need to post a photo for it to work. 

 

Thanks!

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Date Posted: 1/11/2023 10:36 PM ET
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Robin, You can add a picture you have found available on the internet, but not personal pictures from your own albums unless they are 'hosted' by one of the cloud storage websites. It used to be photobucket and some others but it's been so long since I've done it I'm not sure which ones are out there anymore. 

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Date Posted: 1/12/2023 10:36 AM ET
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If you do a google search for "free photo hosting sites" you can find sites like Flickr and Memento. Post your photo on a website. Then open the discussion page where you want to post the photo, and in another browser page, open the website showing the photo.

Click the photo (hold down the mouse button -- or finger, or however you are clicking -- ) and drag the image into the discussion page  "Post a Reply" box and drop it there.

If you aren't sure how to click and drag, or if this doesn't work, let us know what kind of device you are using (iPad, PC, Macbook, etc) and where you ran into trouble, and someone here will know the answer. :-)