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* (my first cursor, editing)

Please help a newbie - Is there any way of getting the ordinary Outlook
Express to position the cursor (for typing) below the previous text
automatically when penning a reply?

** (second cursor position, typing) I have that facility but don't use
it; it's not useful IMHO

This would stop me doing the dreaded top
posting mistake!

*** (final cursor position) As you can see from the * in this post, I
first used the cursor to edit out parts of your post, leaving just the
minimum amount necessary of the portions I wanted to respond to. Editing
out extraneous material is very important, otherwise threads get far too
cluttered. Ideally, a post should fit onto a single frame if that's
possible, so readers can see it all without scrolling down. Next, I
inserted the cursor under your first paragraph and replied to the point
in it. Putting my cursor at the bottom of your post to write this para,
was it's third position. Not the first.

This is called in-line replying, and (in a long or complex post) is
much easier to follow than if I put all my reply in one lump at the end
of everything I quoted.

Janet