# Italic and bold text on SD posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italic-and-bold-text-on-sd-posts/9851>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2000, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italic-and-bold-text-on-sd-posts/9851 "2000-04-07T07:33:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italic-and-bold-text-on-sd-posts/9851/1 "2000-04-07T07:33:00Z")

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Please will someone tell me how to make text that is posted to the SD forums bold or italicised. All I seem to achieve when I use CTRL-B or CTRL-I (ala MS Word) is pop up dialog boxes for bookmarks etc.

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Knock softly but firmly, 'cause I like soft firm knockers…

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italic-and-bold-text-on-sd-posts/9851/2 "2000-04-07T10:26:00Z")

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Read this:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/ubbcode.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/ubbcode.html)

Lynn

Queen of the Pit

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italic-and-bold-text-on-sd-posts/9851/3 "2000-04-07T10:28:00Z")

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By the way, this question should REALLY be in the About This Message Board folder, so I’m going to close this thread and move it. You’ll see it closed in the GQ forum, and open in the ATMB forum.

Lynn