Under construction - noting that the Forum FAQ was written against version 2.0.x of this application, we're now running 2.1.x, and actually working elsewhere on the soon-to-be-released 2.2.x version ...the Editing tools have changed between all three versions ...

First of all, take a look at Reply Mode/Button Confusion as that definitely is a must-know precursor to starting a Reply (with quoted material)

For those that used the IPB Image or IPB Image
IPB Image

For those that used the IPB Image (full edit box)
IPB Image

For those that used the IPB Image (no edit box)
[ quote] some text [ /quote]

For those that started a IPB Image or used the IPB Image and want to make something stand out as Quoted
IPB Image

(on hold right now while I try to go find out why img tags aren't accepting alt tags here ....)