Trying the Italics Function

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I just used the ‘*’ italics function, and it didn’t work. I did put it in quote marks. So that may have had something to do with it.

IAE, I will try it now just to make sure:

italics

Now:

not italics.

Anyone notice anything similar? :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Italics

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If you want to put text in italics, just click I in the toolbar above the reply box, then type your text where it says “emphasized text”.

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Or type it between two asterisks. That’s an ancient coding called setext which this board supports.

Or type left bracket [ then an i then a right bracket ]
followed by what you want to italicize then
left bracket [ then a slash i like this /i then a right bracket ] – that’s the old vBulletin style and works here too.

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But… it did work? So what’s the problem?

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I usually write the text first, then highlight the part I want in italics and use [Ctrl] and “i” (or “b” for bold), but “s” does not work for strike out nor does “u” work for underline, for that I have to go the way @AHunter3 explained above with the [ and the /s or /u and ], no idea why some codes work and some do not)

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I usually write the text first, then highlight the part I want in italics and click the slanted I in the line of symbols at the top of the text typing box. Quick, simple, and doesn’t require remembering anything other than that there’s an italics symbol right above my typing.

You can also bold that way; but discourse doesn’t seem to have a symbol there for either strike out or underline. I don’t use either of those much, though.