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>>Then what? Sorry, all that does is give me an empty edit box.
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>DOS tip: Put a little check mark in the Auto quote box and "Save". Try Reply again.
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>This option is part of the Premier Universal Thread Membership
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>Tried that, of course, before responding. :-(

Sorry; Fishlady may be guilty of the same mistake I made, that Auto-reply was available. If it is, the text for the message, including any tags, is visible as plaintext and then editable.