Diane, I do not always read the quoted text unless I don't understand the new reply and need to refresh myself with the conversation. Since it was mixed in with the quoted text I missed it.
Jeff On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:08 AM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I understand now what you're saying, Jeff. Have done the same in > the past as well as sometimes now. Depends on what I want to say and where > I want it to fit in. > > When I do let my text mix with the quoted text to which I am replying, I > always bold it, change font color, or do *something* to differentiate it > from the text. How did you miss the bold, Jeff? > > *~Diane* > > “Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.” ~ (old > adage) > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 5:35 AM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Diane, >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:32 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Personally I wouldn't reply on the same line as the previous person's >>>> comment and make it bold. It is sometimes difficult to see which is your >>>> new text and which is the previous person's comment. Any new comments you >>>> add should always be on their own line. >>>> *So this doesn't work for you? To me, it's clear who wrote what. >>>> However, I wouldn't want to do this past one reply as here.* >>>> >>>> >> This is an inline reply. If you notice I hit enter in the middle of the >> quoted text and putting my reply in between two parts of the quoted text. >> If you see, your text is mixed completely in with the quoted text and >> sometimes hard to see that you typed in a reply. Mine does not have the >> vertical bars signifying that it is quoted text because it is not. >> >> Honestly I did not even see you had typed anything above until after I >> started typing this. Because it is part of the quoted text I missed it. >> >> >> >>> When a reply is not inline, it is either top posted (your reply is above >>>> the quote) or bottom posted (your reply is below the quote). An inline >>>> reply is when your replies are in the middle of the quoted text. >>>> >>> I'm not clear on your explanation of "inline," Jeff. "In the middle >>> of the quoted text"? I did understand Marko's statement, >>> >>> " >>> If you wish to do an inline reply, simply select the text you want to >>> quote then hit the Reply button. There will be just one line at the top and >>> your reply will begin below the quoted text. >>> " I will assume that's what you meant. If not, please reply. >>> >> >> By typing part of the reply in the middle of the quoted text is inline. >> I consider what Marko said to be bottom posting. But, what Marko said is >> how you would start to do an inline reply. I selected the part of the >> e-mail I wanted to reply to, hit Reply, found where I wanted to put in a >> reply, hit enter two times and started typing. Then I went to the bottom >> of the message and typed this part of the reply. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Jeff >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/UOL0T0GmxJM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
