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Adding threads

You can start a string of messages about a new topic, issue, or question in a Discussion Board forum. To do so, you add a thread. When other participants respond to your message, responses are grouped with your original message so you can easily follow the conversation.

To add a thread to a Discussion Board:

1. Enter a Discussion Board forum.

2. Click Add New Thread.

3. Enter a subject and type your message.

4. Click one of the options for displaying the text:

• Smart Text displays the text as it is entered but converts URLs and e-mail addresses into links.

• Plain Text displays the text exactly as it is entered, with no links.

• HTML displays the text as you format it using HTML tags.

5. If the forum allows anonymous postings and you want to hide your identity, select Post message as Anonymous.

6. (Optional) Attach a file.

7. Click Submit.