Embolden, Italicize, and Underline Email Text with iOS
Want to add a little more formatting to your iOS emails? The Mail app allows you to bold, italicize, or underline any selected text. This technique will work in any app that supports rich text formatting.
Steps
- Press and hold the text you want to select. When you release your finger, the selection menu will appear.
- Tap "Select". This will allow you to highlight text.
- Drag each end of the highlighted text to select what you want to change. You can only select entire words.
- Tap the "BIU" button. This will open the formatting menu.
- Tap the "▶" button if you don't see the "BIU" button.
- Select how you want to format the text. You can select "Bold", "Italics", or "Underline" and the highlighted text will be formatted accordingly.
- You can apply all three of the different formatting changes to the text.
- If you want to undo your changes, tap the same button to remove the formatting.
Tips
- This method only works in apps that support rich text, like the Mail app.
- If you're using an older iPhone, you may need to update to the latest version of iOS in order to use the feature.
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