Bold and italics

[tech]

We are thinking of letting members add bold and italics to messages for emphasis. Being of the old school I don't wholeheartedly approve of such new-fangl ednesses, but hmm... Anyway, I figured we'd use [b]bold section[/b] and [i]italic section[/i] for italics (too much WordPerfect reveal codes in my youth). Anyone have any better ideas?
Of course, they'd display as bold and italic in the message.

ok, have wine now. could some kind soul please tell me what to do before I lose the will to live. thank you

spel chequer...?

/and you can combine/

Well I thought you could..... OK

hallelujah praise the lord I'vegotitnow or I look really stupid. Finally read a little more of the thread. thankyou

/excellent_

works with some words and not others????

IcandoitIcandoit

excellent

now to put my newfound skills to use. Oh look, in the little box thingy next to add a message it tells you what to do. oh the shame

excellent

bold italics underline COOL

If you want to do all three the order is /*_ and the reverse the other end.

Think of it as STU - slash, twinkle, underline (and then UST!)

It's kind of weird, like seeing an aged relative wearing fancy dress, isn't it?

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italics
underline

[b]bold

I have to say tech that I thought it was a woman's perogative to change her mind. Glad you've made a firm decision though. thanks it makes posting so much more fun.

wow this is great! Can't seem to underline yet though - am I missing something?

bold
underline
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yes, as the new resident expert you need to word

Hurrah!!!

It is, isn't it, tamum!!!

mascara
stilettos
GHDs

I mean press underscore then word then underscore

this is great

trying out my underline! Aha - it works this time! Yeeeeeeeey!