Stupid Question about Highlighting Op's Names

[Icequeen01]

This may be so obvious I am going to hide my face in shame when I find out the answer but ...... How do you highlight other people's usernames when referring to them in a post. I've tried the obvious way of hitting the Bold button but that doesn't seem to work? Is there something I'm missing?

[AnchorDownDeepBreath]

Put around the words

So for me it would be Anchor but without the spaces (so it'd look like Anchor)

[Icequeen01]

Ok lets test this out. Many thanks Anchor and Theselittlelights.

Yeah it worked! I do feel a bit daft now as it was so simple Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.

[ReallyShouldKnowBetterAtMyAge]

It's all explained in the info below the reply box. Took me ages to work that one out

[Tricorne]

Good to finally learn this!

[Icequeen01]

So pleased to hear it wasn't just me!

[DawnMumsnet]

Hi Icequeen,

Glad some lovely MNers have helped you out here.

As they've said, there's a handy box at the foot of all threads on the main desktop site which shows you all the tricks.

In case you can't see it, here it is -

Bold: hello gives hello
Underline: hello gives hello
Italics: hello gives hello
Strikethrough: hello gives hello
Links
Links are converted automatically. You can also use the following:
//www.mumsnet.com gives //www.mumsnet.com
Mumsnet gives Mumsnet

[DawnMumsnet]

And here's the list of smileys for you - just type the word following the smiley with square brackets around it -

Smiley face: smile
Big grin: grin
Wink: wink
Shocked: shock
Sceptical: hmm
Confused: confused
Embarrassed: blush
Angry: angry
Sad: sad
Envious: envy
No comment: biscuit
Wine glass: wine
Hot Beverage: brew
Cake: cake
Flowers: flowers
Football: football
Star: star
Chocolate: chocolate
Halo: halo

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Dawn

Not sure how many of these still work but you're missing

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Ooooh they work!!!

[DawnMumsnet]

@HeartsTrumpDiamonds

Ooooh they work!!!

Looks like this one still works too, but we're putting it back in the box until December.

[RustyBear]

Does this still work

Sadly not needed until 2017 (except for the Chrostmas special)

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Good thing too it's only September!