WhatsApp: how to use bold, italics and strikethrough in messages
WhatsApp offers many features that traditional SMS or iMessage does not. Apart from free messaging or calling services without geographical restrictions, all its features are available on all platforms without discrimination based on your operating system or its web client. To highlight parts of a message, you can also use special formatting, a rare feature […]
WhatsApp offers many features that traditional SMS or iMessage does not. Apart from free messaging or calling services without geographical restrictions, all its features are available on all platforms without discrimination based on your operating system or its web client. To highlight parts of a message, you can also use special formatting, a rare feature among messaging apps.
Over the years, WhatsApp has gained many markup features, not only for formatting text, but also for creating lists or quoting text. The following sections guide you through the simple steps to format text on WhatsApp to make your messages more structured and compelling.
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how to make text bold in WhatsApp using symbols
There are broadly two ways to add formatting to your WhatsApp texts, and the first is to use simple markup notations similar to word processors such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Here’s how to bold, italicize, or strikethrough text messages using symbols. HAS bold any part of the text, use asterisks
how to italicize text on WhatsApp.
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how to cross out text on WhatsApp.
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how to monospace text in WhatsApp using symbols
To change your entire message – or part of it – to a monospaced font*, enclose the desired part in three quotation marks ( “` ). Note that this symbol is different from the standard apostrophe, which is either straight, curly, or leaning forward.
how to Format Text in WhatsApp Using Quick Toggles
Besides the standard markup options for bold, italic, strikethrough, or monospaced text on WhatsApp, you can use another method as shown below. Step 1: While you are typing the message, press and hold to select part
you want to format. 2nd step:
how to format text on WhatsApp.
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how to format text on WhatsApp.
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how to add a list or use advanced tagging in WhatsApp messages
In addition to the standard formatting features, WhatsApp recently added the ability to create numbered or bulleted lists in messages using markup text similar to the first method we discussed above. Additionally, you can use advanced formatting options like indentation and display code on WhatsApp by following the simple steps listed below. Step 1: To start abulleted list
or hyphen (-).
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2nd step:
If you just want to type these characters without converting them to a list, just press backspace and WhatsApp will revert it to normal text.
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To display text as a quote, add a greater than symbol ( > ) to the start of a new line, followed by the text you want.
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Finally, to highlight special text as code, simply surround the text in single quotes ( ` ) on either side.
how to view code on WhatsApp.
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With these simple steps, you can easily organize the flow of information in your messages. Whether you’re sending an important business message or simply making a list for an upcoming trip, these formatting options can be very useful. Best of all, they appear consistently across platforms, whether you use WhatsApp on mobile, desktop, or with a web app.Editors’ Recommendations
