The initial page of the Scout Forum looks like this.
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To post a message to a particular topic, click on the View Postings button next to that topic.
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This will take you to the forum for this topic, where you can begin posting messages.
Click on New Message to begin adding a message to this forum.
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Type your message into the Message window. Then click Save & Exit to save your work.
The message is composed using a full-featured text editor.
You can add special formatting by using the controls at the top of this section.
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The Style, Font, and Size options will affect whatever text is currently selected in the box.
Hover your cursor over any of the controls to view a tool tip describing its function.
From left to right, they are:
- Bold
- Italic
- Underline
- Strike-through
- Superscript
- Subscript
- Left-justify
- Center
- Right-justify
- Justify full
- Horizontal rule (creates a horizontal line across the page)
- Numbered list
- Bullet-point list
- Decrease indent
- Increase indent
- Font color
- Background color
- Attachment
- Insert hyperlink
- Remove hyperlink
- Add image (the image must already be on a web site)
- Insert special character (like ™)
- Create a table
- Spellcheck (may require a special download)
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Undo
- Redo
- Remove formatting