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Formatting text

BioHazRd · 2002-08-15 07:45:44

Can't find any reference to this anywhere - maybe someone can help. How do i format text to have various effects in my message. I know it involves adding the filter command - but how do i do it and what parameters are available cheers Bio

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15-08-2002 8:45am

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BioHazRd

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Can't find any reference to this anywhere - maybe someone can help.

How do i format text to have various effects in my message. I know it involves adding the filter command - but how do i do it and what parameters are available

cheers

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#2 15-08-2002 9:27am
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Strangely, a lot of information about formatting text appears in the FAQ, which is that button between Members and Search at the top.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/misc.php?s=&action=bbcode

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#3 15-08-2002 11:21am
BioHazRd

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Maybe i should have made it cearer in my first post -
I know how to read the FAQ
I know how to do basic formatting such as that outlined in the FAQ.
I don't know how to add formatting by using the filter command.
Cloud used it here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=550764#post550764

Can't make it any clearer than that

BTW, If I were a newbie, that kind of sarcastic reply may have deterred me from coming back to boards

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#4 15-08-2002 11:50am
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=370818#post370818

'Cause I'm a freak...

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#5 15-08-2002 11:58am
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Originally posted by BioHazRd
Maybe i should have made it cearer in my first post -
I know how to read the FAQ
I know how to do basic formatting such as that outlined in the FAQ.
I don't know how to add formatting by using the filter command.
Cloud used it here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=550764#post550764

Can't make it any clearer than that

BTW, If I were a newbie, that kind of sarcastic reply may have deterred me from coming back to boards

Bio

OH NOE! COS WE'VE A HUGE SHORTAGE OF STUPID NEWBIES WHO CAN'T HANDLE SARCASM, SO WE DO!

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#6 15-08-2002 2:40pm
BioHazRd

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Thanks Liksy20 - just what I was looking for

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