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60. Formatting | How to format your messages in WhatsApp Writing Tricks (for Cambridge, Trinity and Aptis exams)

    • Language Learning

How can you go from plain, boring messages in Whatsapp to spectacular ones? Keep listening. Learn how to impress all of your friends with these super-cool "writing tricks"!

TRICK 1: BOLD MESSAGES
To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text, like this:

*text*

TRICK 2: MESSAGES IN ITALICS
To italicize your message, place an underscore on both sides of the text, like so:

_text_

TRICK 3: HOW TO CROSS SOMETHING OUT
To strikethrough your message, place a tilde on both sides of the text, like so:

~text~


TRICK 4: FORMATTING COMBINATION
To blend different formatting styles, just use the previous tricks consistently:

*_text_*

TRICK 5: TO CHANGE THE FONT TO MONOSPACE
To monospace your message, place three backticks on both sides of the text, like so:

```text```


ALTERNATIVELY:

On Android: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > More  > and choose among bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace.
On iPhone: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > BIU > and choose among bold, italic and strikethrough.

How can you go from plain, boring messages in Whatsapp to spectacular ones? Keep listening. Learn how to impress all of your friends with these super-cool "writing tricks"!

TRICK 1: BOLD MESSAGES
To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text, like this:

*text*

TRICK 2: MESSAGES IN ITALICS
To italicize your message, place an underscore on both sides of the text, like so:

_text_

TRICK 3: HOW TO CROSS SOMETHING OUT
To strikethrough your message, place a tilde on both sides of the text, like so:

~text~


TRICK 4: FORMATTING COMBINATION
To blend different formatting styles, just use the previous tricks consistently:

*_text_*

TRICK 5: TO CHANGE THE FONT TO MONOSPACE
To monospace your message, place three backticks on both sides of the text, like so:

```text```


ALTERNATIVELY:

On Android: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > More  > and choose among bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace.
On iPhone: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > BIU > and choose among bold, italic and strikethrough.

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