I also note that if I do what I just wrote about (Ctrl-A and then the down arrow), there is a lot of empty space at the very beginning of the message, which I would then want to remove.
*~Diane* On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:56 AM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Diane >> >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Diane <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If I'm following you correctly, Andy, the Ctrl+A "trick" places your >>> reply *below* the original message whereas using the regular Reply >>> option puts your text *above* the trimmed content, which can be opened >>> to reveal the previous message. >>> >> >> I pointed this out to Andy in an earlier post. Ctrl-A is simply 'select >> all'. It will also expand the ellipsis. If you select all and start typing, >> your reply will overwrite everything. If you press the down-arrow cursor >> key, the cursor will move to the bottom of the message. >> > Marko, I just ran into this old message(!) and want to ask you about the > comment just preceding. Are you saying to first hit the Reply button, then > Ctrl-A, and then the down arrow? It seems so as that does move the cursor > to the absolute bottom of the message. My own preference is either to > reply at the top (via Ctrl-Shift-A) or do that and then manually move the > cursor to a specific point if I am responding to a particular paragraph as > I did here. > > > >> If you simply wish to expand the ellipsis without clicking anything, >> press Ctrl-Shift-A. This is the opposite of select all (ie. nothing). >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
