These notes are only for comments, it's easy to use the toolbar to do all of these things in your posts.
You need to use HTML tags, which always look like < > your text < / >
- to add italic formatting, use <i> text to make italic </i>
- to add bold formatting, use <b> text to make bold</b>
- to add a link to another page,
use <a href="http://xxxxx.com/xFullLink2YourSourcexx.htm"> text to make into a link </a> - there must always be an opening and closing tag = <x> and </x>
To insert the paragraph symbol ¶, hold down the Alt key and press 0182 on the numeric key pad.
Alt+0182 = ¶ is worth remembering. You will need to use it in your academic writing.
Although for most comments it is enough to write your comment and then post it, sometimes you will want to use italics or cite a new source; for example, in my comment @ September 24, 2010 4:11 PM in reply to Net's comment @ September 24, 2010 3:37 PM, I want to include more information. I got that information from two sources: a report on the Gallup website, and an article in The New York Times.
Alt+0182 = ¶ is worth remembering. You will need to use it in your academic writing.
Although for most comments it is enough to write your comment and then post it, sometimes you will want to use italics or cite a new source; for example, in my comment @ September 24, 2010 4:11 PM in reply to Net's comment @ September 24, 2010 3:37 PM, I want to include more information. I got that information from two sources: a report on the Gallup website, and an article in The New York Times.
This is what I wrote (using copy + paste) to write my reference list entry in my reply to Net (the tags are in brown only to make them easy to see):
<b>References</b>
Morales, L. (2010, May 10). In U.S., broad, steady support for openly gay service members. <i>Gallup</i>. Retrieved September 24, 2010 from <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/127904/Broad-Steady-Support-Openly-Gay-Service-Members.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/127904/Broad-Steady-Support-Openly-Gay-Service-Members.aspx</a>
Schwartz, J. (2010, September 9). Judge rules that military policy violates rights of gays. <i>New York Times</i>. Retrieved September 24, 2010 from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10gays.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10gays.html</a>
