I’d like to reply to various discussions here but cannot see how to post a message in discussion groups. All I see is a reply button below every posting. Clicking on this only replies to that person and not the entire group.
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It puts the name of the person you are replying to in the "To:" box, but it gets posted on the board for everyone to see.
If you want to direct your comments to another person, or to everyone in general, click on Reply then use the drop down arrow beside the To field to select another choice.
Some people don't use the drop down arrow to change the To field, so inadvertently reply to the immediately previous post instead of to an earlier post as they intended to.
Thanks Wayne for your help. However, there is no arrow next to "To:" on my screen.
My "To" window has a drop down list of all the folks in the thread, plus an a 'All' option. Click an individual or 'ALL' to respond to everybody. Breaktime 101.
My "To" window has nothing there, no drop list at all. All's there is just "From: Paul C." and below that is "To: Dez". I guess I won't be back on this site much more as It's a poorly laid out website. It's very confusing for anybody that comes on here seldomly.
Scroll to the bottom of the message window and click on' switch to advanced view' . Everynow and again prospero switches me back to "basic view" and I get what you have .
cheers ..............Rik.......
Paul ... Arta has the answer. Scroll down and click on the "Advanced View" option at the bottom of the page ... then you will have From & To listed when you reply.
In the list of "To" names, you will see some thjat have an asterik by the name. That means they are contributors to that particluar discussion.
Ya know, you found the forum, and you learned how to post a new messgae, and you learned how to reply to a message. It would be a shame if you gave up cuz you couldn't overcome a small detail. Maybe you haven't realized it yet, but we don't get hung up on formality here. It is rare when we care who the reply is addressed to, cuz everybody reads it anyway. Some poeple will make one reply to several posters, by starting each sentence or paragraph with a name ... like this :
Arta - looks like you got one right for a change ... attaboy!
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