zulip/templates/zerver/help/quote-and-reply.md

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# Quote and reply
You can quote a previous message, either replying within a topic or to
start a new topic.
{start_tabs}
{!message-actions-menu.md!}
1. Click **Quote and reply**.
1. (optional) Delete paragraphs not relevant to your reply, just like
when replying to a multi-paragraph email.
1. Send your message.
{end_tabs}
You can also use the keyboard shortcut `>` to initiate quote-and-reply.
## Related articles
* The first line of the reply contains a [permanent
link](/help/link-to-a-message-or-conversation) to the quoted
message.
* Zulip automatically turns mentions in quoted text into [silent
mentions](/help/mention-a-user-or-group#silently-mention-a-user) to
avoid unnecessarily mentioning someone twice.
* You can use [quote
blocks](/help/format-your-message-using-markdown#quotes) when
quoting emails or other non-Zulip content.