Formatting Chat Message Text in 8x8 Work for Desktop

Formatting Chat Message Text in 8x8 Work for Desktop

Objective

Apply text formatting such as bolding and italics to text in your 8x8 chat and Team Messaging conversations.

Note: Message text sent via SMS to phone numbers outside of your 8x8 system contacts will not appear formatted to message recipients.

Applies To

  • 8x8 Work for Desktop
  • Chat Messages
  • Team Messaging

Procedure

Wrap the target text with any of the following to apply formatting.

Format Option

Wrapper/Format

Wrap Example

Output Example

Bold

* (asterisk)

*bold*

bold

Italic

_ (underscore)

_italics_

italics

Strikeout/Strike through

~ (tilde)

~strikeout~

strikeout

Fixed Width font

` (back quote)

`fixed width`

fixed width

Multi-line Fixed Width font

``` (back quote)

``` 

fixed

width

``` 

fixed

width

Hyperlink

[target text](url)

[click here](https://urltolinkto.com)

click here

 

Note: You cannot apply more than one formatting option to a single set of target text. (E.g., you cannot make a word or phrase both bold and italic.)

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