Using the menu buttons to create a post.

[Aussie Mike]

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There are 2 ways of using the buttons, text highlight first or use the button first.
1. If you click first, the bbcode will be inserted in the page. [b][/b]
    You can type the text you want between the codes. [b]Type text here[/b].
2. Type your text first then select/highlight it. You can then click   ,   ,  
to get bold, underlined italics.
Some simple rules to follow
1. Code starts with [...] and ends with [/...]
    The code characters are inserted between the brackets e.g. [b]text[/b] and [img]http://location of image[/img]
2. I tend to copy code in notepad to fine-tune then copy back to the post.
    Sometimes the Internet fails to upload the post, at  least I have a copy.

Btn	Style	Bulletin Board Code	How it's used
	Bold	[b][/b]	[b]Text to make bold[/b]
	Italics	[i][/i]	[i]Text to make italic[/i]
	Underline	[u][/u]	[u]Text to make underlined[/u]
	Strikethrough	[s][/s]	[s]Show text as strikethrough[/s]
	Glow	[glow=red,2,300][/glow]	[glow=red,2,300]Glows text in choice of colours.  IE not Firefox[/glow]
	Shadow	[shadow=red,left][/shadow]	[shadow=red,left]Shows text as shadowed left or right in choice of colours.  IE not Firefox[/shadow]
	Move	[move]Move[/move]	[move]Ticket tapes text across the page or within columns [/move]
	Preformated	[pre][/pre]	[pre]Displays text in a different format[/pre]
	Left	[left][/left]	Aligns text to the left[/left]
	Centre		[center]Aligns text to the centre[/center]
	Right		[right]Aligns text to the right[/right]
	Horizontal rule	no end code
	Font size	[size=14pt][/size]	[size=14pt]Change the size of the text[/size]
	Font face	[font=Verdana][/font]	[font=Verdana]Change the text font type[/font]
	Change Colour	[color=green][/color]	[color=green]Change the text colour[/color]
	Flash	[flash=200,200][/flash]	Embeds a flash animation.
	Image Picture		[img]Places a picture in the post[/img]
	http://URL	[url]new page[/url]or [iurl]in frame[/iurl]	Link text to sites in new window or in the same frame
	email@...com	[email]email@...com[/email]	[email]links to e-mail address[/email]
	FTP://url	[ftp][/ftp]	[ftp]ftp://...file site[/ftp]
	Table	[table][/table]	Creates a tables - insert rows and cells betweet the code
	Row	[table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table]	[table][tr][td]1 table and 1 row[/td][td]2 cells[/td][/tr][/table]
	Cell	[table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table]
	Superscript	[sup]Superscript[/sup]	Good for 28o and 100m2
	Subscript	[sub]Subscript[/sub]	Good for h2O
	Teletype	[tt][/tt]	[tt]Shows text in teletype style[/tt]
	Quote	[quote]Quote[/quote]	[quote]Displays text in a box[/quote]
	Code: Insert code	[code][/code]	Allows extra coding for advanced users
	Bullet list	[list] [li][/li] [/list]	Displays text is bullet list form point 1 point 2

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