How to format your WhatsApp messages


WhatsApp has many little-known features. Maybe you don't know that you can change the formatting of whatsapp messages
di Antonio Lamorgese


WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps available. This app is especially useful for communicating with family, keeping up with the news and forming social relationships. However, the app has its limitations and may not be the best for all uses. WhatsApp has countless little-known features that can only be expanded if you have a thorough knowledge of the app. People should at least know how to change writing style and font on WhatsApp messages to get the most out of its features.

The most beneficial way to use WhatsApp is to communicate with trusted family and friends, for example, during an emergency. You can use WhatsApp to communicate with people even if you are not together at a specific time. This is beneficial because it allows you to communicate even if you are thousands of miles away or if you are busy. It also allows you to communicate even when people cannot hear you due to background noise. All you have to do is activate the instant messaging feature on your phone and you are ready to communicate with your friends and family.

Keeping up to date on WhatsApp is also easy and beneficial. You can use WhatsApp to confirm the latest news and see what’s happening in the world or around you. This is beneficial because it saves time and allows you to stay informed. It is also useful because it allows people in different places to share information with each other. But, keep in mind that your messages will be all the more effective the more appropriate the formatting of the text you use is.

1. Write the text in bold

As previously mentioned, despite its advantages, not everyone finds the use of WhatsApp easy and intuitive. Some people find it difficult to use WhatsApp to keep up with the news, or because they find it unintuitive to manage the huge flow of information that is received daily. However, knowing the mechanisms that govern text formatting and chat management is a huge step forward.

For example, you may not know that you can highlight bold text when writing messages with WhatsApp. For the moment the system does not have a shortcut to do this, that is, there is no icon to click on to highlight bold text, such as word. To highlight bold text with WhatsApp you must enclose the text to be highlighted between two asterisks. This will allow you to turn bold for that portion of text preceded and followed by the two asterisks, “*”.

set the text bold when writing in whatsapp
set the text bold when writing in whatsapp

2. Write the text in italics

Like bold, you can activate italics, or italics, for a part of the message text. You will need this, for example, in case you need to include a quote in the message. The operation is just as simple as the previous one. To highlight text in italics with WhatsApp you have to enclose the text to be highlighted between two “underscores”, so to speak, an underscore, is the classic underscore, “_”.

set the text in italics when writing in whatsapp
set the text in italics when writing in whatsapp

3. Write the strikethrough text

What has been said for bold and italics applies to strikethrough parts of text, you can activate strikethrough text. You will need this, for example, to indicate a correction or modification to a quote. This operation is also as simple as the previous ones. To cross text with WhatsApp you must enclose the text to be crossed between two “tildes”, a tilde is represented by this “~” character.

set the strikethrough text when writing in whatsapp
set the strikethrough text when writing in whatsapp

4. How to fix a chat in the first position on WhatsApp

The contacts managed by WhatsApp, the chats, are exactly the ones you have in your phone’s address book. Hence, it could handle hundreds of contacts as well. But, if among all these contacts there is someone with whom you message more, it would be inconvenient for you, every time, to look for him among all the others. Speaking of which, WhatsApp gives you the ability to pin on top of all your contacts, the one you message the most with.

To set a contact at the top of all, therefore your favorite chat, all you have to do is keep your finger on the chat to be fixed and click on the paperclip symbol located at the top in the header area of the app. Logically, the app, to make you understand which chats are fixed, will show the paper clip symbol on the right side of each.

how to fix a chat in the first position on whatsapp
how to fix a chat in the first position on whatsapp

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5. Conclusions

As mentioned above, despite its countless advantages, not everyone finds using WhatsApp easy to use. So, like any other product, WhatsApp also has limitations. But, despite its limitations, WhatsApp is still one of the most popular messaging apps, available for free to users. It is logical that the correct use of WhatsApp is linked to the basic knowledge of its potential and functionality. Therefore, knowing how to use WhatsApp correctly will allow you to get the most out of this extraordinary app. in this short video tutorial you can discover the tricks and news of WhatsApp that will take you to a higher level in the management of your messaging.

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Antonio Lamorgese

Network administrator and developer. After years of experience in the industry, I designed a MYSQL data management system in PHP without writing a single line of code. Find out more....