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Old 12-04-2001, 09:27 AM
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italicize or make bold a word in a post? If I hit Ctrl-I ro -B, I flip to some pop-up or other. What is the secret?
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Old 12-04-2001, 09:31 AM
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At the bottom of this thread there are the forum rules, on the last line there is a link to the vbcodes which are used to format text.
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Old 12-04-2001, 09:33 AM
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[i]Around words to make them italicised[/i]

[b]Around words to make them bold[/b]
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Old 12-04-2001, 01:53 PM
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Thanks, dopers, for taking the time to help me out!

Hey, it worked!!!
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Old 12-04-2001, 02:01 PM
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There's more codes, for subscript and superscript. Click on Reply w/ Quote to see how someone codes something you want to try.
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