How can you go from plain, boring messages in Whatsapp to spectacular ones? Keep listening. Learn how to impress all of your friends with these super-cool "writing tricks"! TRICK 1: BOLD MESSAGES To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text, like this: *text* TRICK 2: MESSAGES IN ITALICS To italicize your message, place an underscore on both sides of the text, like so: _text_ TRICK 3: HOW TO CROSS SOMETHING OUT To strikethrough your message, place a tilde on both sides of the text, like so: ~text~ TRICK 4: FORMATTING COMBINATION To blend different formatting styles, just use the previous tricks consistently: *_text_* TRICK 5: TO CHANGE THE FONT TO MONOSPACE To monospace your message, place three backticks on both sides of the text, like so: ```text``` ALTERNATIVELY: On Android: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > More  > and choose among bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace. On iPhone: you can tap and hold the text you're typing > BIU > and choose among bold, italic and strikethrough.