Use Text Effects on WhatsApp on iPhone or iPad
This article teaches you how to include text that’s bold, italicized, or crossed-out in a WhatsApp message.
Steps
- Open WhatsApp. It has a green icon with a white chat bubble and phone receiver. You’ll typically find it on your home screen.
- Select a conversation. If you don’t see the conversation in which you want to use text effects, use the search bar at the top of the screen to find it.
- Tap the message box. The keyboard will appear.
- Create bold text. To make a word appear bold, add an asterisk (*) before and after the word (e.g. *word*). Here’s how:
- Tap the symbol key on the keyboard. It’s the key that has “#+=” on it.
- Tap *.
- Tap ABC to return to the alphabet keyboard.
- Type the word you want to appear in bold.
- Tap the symbol key to return to the punctuation keyboard.
- Tap *.
- Type the rest of your message.
- Tap the send button.
- Create italicized text. To make a word appear in italics, add an underscore (_) before and after the word (e.g. _word_). Here’s how:
- Tap the symbol key on the keyboard. It’s the key that has “#+=” on it.
- Tap _.
- Tap ABC to return to the alphabet keyboard.
- Type the word you want to appear in italics.
- Tap the symbol key to return to the punctuation keyboard.
- Tap _.
- Type the rest of your message.
- Tap the send button.
- Create strikethrough text. To make a word appear
crossed-out, add a tilde (~) before and after the word (e.g. ~word~). Here’s how:- Tap the symbol key on the keyboard. It’s the key that has “#+=” on it.
- Tap ~.
- Tap ABC to return to the alphabet keyboard.
- Type the word you want to appear crossed-out.
- Tap the symbol key to return to the punctuation keyboard.
- Tap ~.
- Type the rest of your message.
- Tap the send button.
