60. Formatting | How to format your messages in WhatsApp

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.