Excerpt module missing

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  doylebarnett · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 4:58 am

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  When adding or editing a new post, I am not seeing the excerpt module described at http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/

  Immediately under the post editing window is a module labeled “Likes and Shares”. But that’s about it–no excerpt module is visible.

  Is there possibly a way to add this to the post edit page?

  My theme is Coraline, if that makes any difference

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  sl1k · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:42 am

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  Hi there!
  At the top of the screen while in the post editor you will see “screen options”
  in the upper right of the screen click on it then choose “Excerpt”

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 9:09 am

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  And the theme does make a difference: Coraline doesn’t support custom excerpts. See here which themes do:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-excerpt-function/
  Or use the more tag instead:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

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  doylebarnett · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 7:30 pm

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  Thanks very much to sl1k and panaghiotisadam!

  That pretty much takes care of it..

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  sl1k · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 8:16 pm

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  @doylebarnett You’re welcome!