Need help on Forum posts

Hi cjt ,

The quote function is a little counter-intuitive.  If you wish to embed a quote in a post, the first step is NOT to start your post using the Reply button.  Instead, click the Quote button on the post you wish to quote first.  Once you do that, a message edit window will open up (just as if you clicked the Reply button), but the text of the post will be quoted and enclosed in a frame.  You can then click in that window below the quote if you wish to add comments.

If you change your mind and wish to abort the post before clicking the Create Post button, just click on most anything else beside the Create Post button.  I usually just click on the bread-crumb list to back up one level (see image below).

You didn't say what your exact motions were, so I am uncertain how you got the message you reported.  However, here is how I created this post:

I was just reading your post and clicked the Quote button on the top right of your message.  An edit window with the quote inside a box opened up.  I clicked below it and then just started typing this response.

Try it yourself now.  Don't click reply or anything else, just the Quote button.  You should see this entire post in an edit window.  To abandon it if you wish, click the back button in your browser, or in the breadcrumb list right below the main menu click "Need help on Forum posts" to take you back to the top of the thread.

Let me know if it worked for you.

Actually, you don't even have to do that much!  To abandon the post you are composing just click on any main menu item.  More specifically, if you look at the bread-crumb list (right below the main menu) it says "Reply", click on the bread-crumb before that to exit the reply editor and go back to the thread you were reading.