How to reply to an existing topic in SMF

This tutorial will show you how to reply to an existing topic in SMF.

1) Browse to any topic.
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2) Click Reply.
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You can change the subject if you like.
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Before we start typing up our response, let’s insert a quote from a previous post.

3) Click Insert Quote.
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This is useful in replying to multiple posts or if you’re replying to a post that’s several pages back.

4) Type your content.
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5) Let’s select a word…
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6) …and apply some formatting, in this case, changing the font color.
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7) Click Post.
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Let’s view our reply.
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Here is our reply with the quote embedded in it.
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This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to reply to a post in SMF.