# Highlight parts of a post that have been quoted in a reply

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-parts-of-a-post-that-have-been-quoted-in-a-reply/39097
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [5 februari 2016 om 11:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-parts-of-a-post-that-have-been-quoted-in-a-reply/39097 "2016-02-05T11:21:08Z")
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### Author: ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)
#### Post date: [6 februari 2016 om 01:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-parts-of-a-post-that-have-been-quoted-in-a-reply/39097/12 "2016-02-06T01:25:46Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Maybe for a book?

Such as a post that requires a [table of contents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-table-of-contents/32248)? 😉

I agree in general it’s not a feature that would be useful in most forums. Maybe a reply as new topic to discuss specific sections of the text in digest would work for this case.

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