How to Use Bold, Italic and Strikethrough Text on WhatsApp

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Have you ever wished that you could customize your WhatsApp messages in order to do stuff like emphasize certain words? Well, you can…if you know how!  That’s what today’s tutorial is all about. I’m going to show how you can easily (I mean super, super easily) and quickly jazz up your WhatsApp messages and wow your friends.

Ready? Let’s get started…

How to use bold text on WhatsApp

You can make any word or phrase bold on WhatsApp by simply placing asterisks around it like this:

*Make this sentence bold.*

Your friends will see it like this: Make this sentence bold.

That’s it!

How to use italic text on WhatsApp

Italicizing text on WhatsApp works the same way but using a different symbol. If you want to italicize text on WhatsApp just place the underscore symbol around it like this:

_Italicize this text._

Anyone reading your message will see it like this: Italicize this text.

See how easy this is?  Ok, one more to go.

How to use strikethrough text on WhatsApp

Are you starting to see a pattern here?  All you need to do to bold, italicize, or strikethrough text on WhatsApp is to surround the phrase with the right symbol.

To strikethrough text on WhatsApp you surround the word or phrase with the tilde (~) symbol:

~Strikethrough this text.~

The person receiving the message will see it like this: Strikethrough this text.

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    WhatsApp Messenger is a communication app designed for smartphones that allows users to send messages via a wireless network or 3G. Chat, send videos, images and audio notes to contacts (including international numbers) at no additional cost; customize the application and receive notifications when someone sends you a message.


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