How do I create the excerpt that I want for my featured post?

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  dexng · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 3:47 am

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  Hi all,

  Is there a way for me to customize the excerpt of the featured posts that are displayed on the front page instead of it displaying the text that is on the page?

  Thanks a lot in advance.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  francisbob · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 3:52 am

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  Hi Dexng,

  The excerpt is something available in WordPress but you need to ‘activate’ it since it’s hidden !

  You can learn more about it here http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/ , you’ll find at the end of the article how to activate it through ‘Screen Options’ in the Article creation page.

  Write back if you don’t find it !

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  dexng · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 7:14 am

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  Hi francisbob,

  Thanks for the advice! However I tried searching for the excerpt tab under the screen options and it was not there. Could it be due to the theme that I am using?

  I am able to see the excerpt option on another site that I host on WordPress.org but not the one on WordPress.com.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 7:39 am

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  The excerpt box is immediately below the Write Post box.

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  francisbob · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 2:47 pm

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  It’s there top right corner of the page (In Add New Post)

  

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  timethief · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 3:05 pm

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  As raincoaster said above:
  The except box which is an HTML editor is located in the module below the editor. http://snag.gy/X9j01.jpg