In article >,
Michael Plant > wrote:

> Lew, that's a good idea. It works especially well for me since the two
> programs I use color code the generations of text and also indicate the
> generations with lines or other marks. I understand though that some
> programs don't separate the generations, so it would be a problem for them.
> Adding the name of the poster to the top of each paragraph, which I learned
> from other posters here, solves that problem. In any event, those of us who
> feel more comfortable in a contextualized world appreciate it.

Another feature on most newsreaders that many people don't
know about is the quote highlight thing. You just drag your mouse
over just the part of the post you wish to appear in your reply,
and select it, so that it becomes highlighted. THEN you hit the
'reply' button, and when your page comes up it will contain only
what you highlighted previously, along with the proper attribution.

I hope the above is intelligible.