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[mirandam]

And I would add to those:

Method 3
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Use the reply button to make a quote of the original post you want to use a part of.
You now have your new post ready to edit like this

Code:

[quote='mirandam' pid='33539' dateline='1413138883']
Thank you for the update, always good to hear the wife's happy :tu:
Please take a second of your time to give rep's to the post that helped you get your problem solved and of course set the thread as solved in the pulldown menu.
[/quote]

Next put ... three dots just behind the first line and ... three dots in front of the last line, like this

Code:

[quote='mirandam' pid='33539' dateline='1413138883']...
Thank you for the update, always good to hear the wife's happy :tu:
Please take a second of your time to give rep's to the post that helped you get your problem solved and of course set the thread as solved in the pulldown menu.
...[/quote]

this indicates the text you will be deleting from the quote before and after what is relevant to leave there, resulting in your quote like this:

Code:

[quote='mirandam' pid='33539' dateline='1413138883']...
Please take a second of your time to give rep's
....[/quote]

Which after posting will look like this:

...
Please take a second of your time to give rep's
....

Due to the fact that you left the username and pid within the quote, the user who reads the partial quote will always be able to jump to the original post using the green arrow right behind "username" Wrote: