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How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago
I don't know how to italicize or bold my text, kinda new to the site.

How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago

If you highlight the text you want to bold of italicize and click the B or I icon in the upper right of the text editor menu bar, it should do it for you.

Welcome to the site, btw.

How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago

Ah, thank you. Just had to enable something in options.

 

Thanks for the welcome!

How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago
Hi, welcome to the site!

If you're using the default plain text editor, you would use HTML for italics and bold (and any other special formatting.)

How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago

If you need help with html formatting, I recommend w3schools.  Here is their page for bolding

How to use special characters in text editor?

one year ago
Italics and bold tags are the only things 95% of authors will ever use.

Between that and posting links and images on the forum, it feels very comfy and fitting that all I need to know for CYS I learned from my Mega Man fan site on geocities in the 6th grade.