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Make text bold
To give your text an
authoritative bold
appearance, place an
asterisk on both sides of
the text. For example:
*Just like this*Star messages
If you get sent important
information in a message then
you can ‘star’ it to be able
to refer back to it quickly. To
do this, long-press on the
message and then choose
the ‘Star’ option. These
can be viewed by tapping
Settings>Starred Messages.Strikethrough
Tocrossoutsectionsof
text,simplyplacea tildeon
bothsidesof thetextthat
youwantto strikethrough.
Forexample:
~Justlikethis~Thereis,althoughit isn’tdoneviaaneasy-to-
access toolbar bar or anything like that. No,
instead you must know the secret characters
that you have to apply either side of the word
you wish to format in order for the magic to
happen, which we will reveal here. We also
divulge a couple of other handy WhatsApp
secrets that you may not be aware of.
TurnoffReadReceipts
In WhatsAppgroupchats,theticks
thatappearnextto a messagewill turn
blueto signifyif themessagehas been
read.Butif youdon’twantothers to
knowif youhavereada message, go to
WhatsAppSettings>Account>Privacy
andthenturnoffthe‘ReadReceipts’
optionto stayundertheradar.Knowledge base
Is there a way to
format the text in my
WhatsApp posts?
Gemma Taylor
Italicise text
To make your message
text slanty, simply place an
underscore on both sides
of the text that you want
to italicise. For example:
_Just like this_