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Formatting Chat Message Text in 8x8 Work for Desktop

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Objective

Apply text formatting such as bolding and italics to text in your 8x8 chat and Team Messaging conversations.

Note:

Message text sent via SMS to phone numbers outside of your 8x8 system contacts will not appear formatted to message recipients.

Applies To

  • 8x8 Work for Desktop

  • Chat Messages

  • Team Messaging

Procedure

Wrap the target text with any of the following to apply formatting.

Format Option

Wrapper/Format

Wrap Example

Output Example

Bold

* (asterisk)

*bold*

bold

Italic

_ (underscore)

_italics_

italics

Strikeout/Strike through

~ (tilde)

~strikeout~

strikeout

Fixed Width font

` (back quote)

`fixed width`

fixed width

Multi-line Fixed Width font

``` (back quote)

```  fixed width ``` 

fixed 
width

Hyperlink

[target text](url)

[click here](https://urltolinkto.com)

click here

Note:

You cannot apply more than one formatting option to a single set of target text. (E.g., you cannot make a word or phrase both bold and italic.)