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Making text bold

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Nightlystroll · 15/07/2021 20:00

I use the asterix at the start and end of my selected text but it never makes the text bold. What am I doing wrong?

OP posts:
SillyBub · 15/07/2021 20:01

Are you doing it without a space?
versus

Are you doing it without a space?

Whinge · 15/07/2021 20:05

Are you bolding something that goes onto a new line, but not using the asterisk for each new line?

I need to bold this
because it's important

Doesn't work

But

I need to bold this
because it's important

Works if you remove the spaces.

AdaColeman · 15/07/2021 20:05

If you can still see the asterisk after you’ve posted, you have put a space before the first letter of the text you want to bold.
The asterisks have to sit tightly around the text, with no spaces.
Good luck!

Nightlystroll · 15/07/2021 20:20

Thanks everyone for getting back to me. No spaces but I think it's maybe run onto the next line. I'll give it a go doing each line.

Thank you.

OP posts:
Nightlystroll · 15/07/2021 20:23

Thank you.

I'll try putting asterixes at the beginning and end of each line rather than at the beginning and end of whole text.

OP posts:
Nightlystroll · 15/07/2021 20:24

You are all geniuses. Thank you.

🙂 🙃 🙂

OP posts:
LilyMumsnet · 16/07/2021 12:42

woohoo

Glad it's all sorted OP!

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