Refer to the guide on how to quote the rules. The alternative method:
1. Open a new reply to your ban appeal.
2. While keeping the reply to your ban appeal open, open the rules post.
3. Highlight all of the text mentioning the rule(s) you had broken.
4. Select the Quote
option. The quote of the highlighted text will be inserted into your reply.
When properly inserted, the text will appear as something like this in your reply draft:
In the actual reply, it will appear similar to this:
To check that the rule was quoted correctly, you can use the preview button to see if it works (highlighted here in red):
5. After quoting the rules you believe you have broken, make sure they are properly formatted in your reply to your ban appeal. Once doing so, add a sentence or two explaining, e.g. “I broke this rule” or “I broke these rules”.
6. Post the reply to your ban appeal.