Thanks for the responses. I did find a somewhat easier way to do the "@" tags. If you right click on someone's name and "Copy link address", this can be pasted into the text following the "@" character and then delete the additional parts of the address that are not needed. This wouldn't help you Erik @airbum since it sounds like you do your responses in Word and then paste them here.
Also, I am not sure I understand the other part of your post. I understand that you are saying that pictures can be posted in the message and I've seen this elsewhere but I am not sure of the meaning of the instructions you've posted.
I do like having the pictures in the text and would like to learn how to do that as I find it easier to view the photos than having to do a separate slide show.