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Help for the discussion forum

Entering a discussion group
Posting new messages
Unfolding and folding message replies
Register as a user
Marking messages read/unread
Attaching files to your message
Editing and deleting messages after they have been posted
HTML formatting in message text
Views

Entering a discussion group

To see the messages in the discussion group.
Click on one of the discussion groups.
Click on the individual message subjects to read them.
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Posting new messages

Click New message to post a new message/question.
Click Reply while viewing a message to post a reply to that message.
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Unfolding and folding message replies

Click on the

icons to fold the message tree and hide message replies.
Click on the

icons to expand the message tree and see message replies.
Note Only Internet Explorer browsers, version 5 and above have this feature.
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Register as a user

We recommend that you register as a user of the forum; this will give advantages when using the forum.

The forum remembers what messages you have already read, no matter where in the world you log on.
You can mark messages read/unread.
You can attach files to your messages, also after initially posting them.
You can edit/delete your messages.
Registered authors have an icon next to their name.

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Marking messages read/unread

Messages you haven't read yet have their subject written in bold and have the coloured

icon next to them.
Messages you have already read have their subject written in normal font weight and have the grey

icon next to them.
You can mark messages read/unread, simply click the

icon to change the message from read to unread or visa versa.
By clicking the

icon next to a group you can mark all messages in that group as read.
Note You have to register to use this function.
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Attaching files to your message

You can add attachments to your own messages by clicking the

icon next to them.
Messages with attachments have the

or the

icon next to them.
The following filename extensions are the only ones allowed for attachments:
.zip .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .doc .xls .inc .txt .pdf
Note You have to register to use this function.
Note You can only attach files to your messages within 24 hours of posting them.
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Editing and deleting messages after they have been posted

You can edit your own messages by clicking the

icon next to them.
You can delete your own messages by clicking the

icon next to them.
Note You have to register to use this function.
Note You can only edit/delete your messages within 24 hours of posting them,
and only if no one has replied to your message.
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HTML formatting in message text

The following HTML-tags are allowed in the bodies of messages:
<b> </b> <i> </i> <code> </code>.
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Views

When browsing a groups messages you can choose the view Normal to view all un-archived messages, choose Unread to view unread and un-archived messages (hide read messages) or choose Archive to view archived messages only.
Note You have to register to use the Unread function.
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