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Text emphasis

In Zulip, you can make text bold or italic, or cross it out with strikethrough.

What you type

**bold**, *italic*, and ~~strikethrough~~ text
***~~All three at once~~***

What it looks like

Markdown emphasis

Making text bold

  • Via Markdown
  • Via compose box buttons

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Surround your text with double asterisks (**) to make it bold.

You can also use Ctrl + B to insert bold formatting.

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Select the text you want to format.

  3. Click the Bold () icon at the bottom of the compose box.

You can also use Ctrl + B to insert bold formatting.

Making text italic

  • Via Markdown
  • Via compose box buttons

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Surround your text with single asterisks (*) to make it italic.

You can also use Ctrl + I to insert italic formatting.

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Select the text you want to format.

  3. Click the Italic () icon at the bottom of the compose box.

You can also use Ctrl + I to insert italic formatting.

Applying strikethrough formatting

  • Instructions for all platforms

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. Surround your text with two tildes (~~) to apply strikethrough formatting.

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