Perhaps you have asked yourself on some occasion or perhaps you do not even consider that in your WhatsApp conversations you can use bold or italics, For example. Be that as it may, we are here to solve this great question for you, explaining how to use the text format changes (to bold, italics or roofing) in your chats with your contacts within the famous communication platform.
How to put bold, italics and strikethrough in WhatsApp
Using this type of different formats in our texts is as simple as you can see in the video that you have right on these lines -if you have not reproduced it, it will take time to press play-, but we will also detail it below in writing step by step passed. This writing option has been available in the application for both iOS and Android operating systems for quite some time, thus allowing users to write as well in italics, bold or with strikethrough when it comes to expressing yourself.
To put bold:
- Start typing the text as usual until you reach the word (or words) you want to make bold.
- Before writing it you must write the asterisk symbol (*).
- Write below what you want to indicate in bold format.
- Finished, type the asterisk symbol (*) again to close it.
To put italics:
- Type whatever text you want until you reach the word (or words) you want to italicize.
- Before writing it you must put the underscore symbol (_).
- Write below what you want to put in italics.
- Done retypes the underscore (_) symbol to close.
To use the strikethrough:
- Write the text you want until you reach the word (or words) you want to cross out.
- Before writing it, write the tilde symbol (∼).
- Write below what you want to have written with strikethrough.
- Finished, write the tilde symbol (∼) again.
And ready. You already have all the details you need to know to make the necessary changes to your texts. Remember that you can also enrich your conversations with emojis and with the new stickers that now have everyone hooked. In this other article about how to create your own stickers, we explain a way to make personalized stickers with your face using the Gboard keyboard of Google.
Did you know that you could use bold, italics and strikethrough in WhatsApp or until now you had never used these formats in your conversations?