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--- editing_a_message [2017/12/09 13:10] – created karen_henry
+++ editing_a_message [2018/11/18 15:51] (current) – karen_henry
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 You can edit your message in one of two ways:
-  * Quick Edit - This option will open the message in the MyCode editor, without the toolbar. It's useful if you just want to make a small change (to correct a typo, for example), but it might be harder to read your message this way.
+  * Quick Edit - This option will open the message in the MyCode editor, without the formatting toolbar. It's useful if you just want to make a small change (to correct a typo, for example), but it might be harder to read your message this way.
-  * Full Edit - This option will open the message in the normal message editor, including the formatting toolbar that allows you to set bold, italics, links, etc.
+  * Full Edit - This option will open the message in the normal message editor, including the formatting toolbar that allows you to add bold, italics, links, etc.
-** IMPORTANT! You can edit a message only for the first 5 minutes after it was posted! **
+<HTML>
+<p style="border:2px solid red;"><b>IMPORTANT! You can edit a message only for the FIRST 30 MINUTES after it was posted!</b> The reason for this rule is to minimize the possibility that a message will be edited after someone has replied to it.</p>
+</HTML>
 After that time:
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   * The only way to edit the message is to ask a forum staff member for help. (See the list of our staff [[forum_staff|here]]). **Please make these requests in public.** Private requests will not be honored.
-Please keeep the following guidelines in mind when you edit a message:
+Please keep the following guidelines in mind when you edit a message:
 **DO**: