Have you ever wanted to bold a word in a text message, underline something important, or add italics for a little extra emphasis?
Your iPhone has built-in text formatting tools that many people never notice. When you’re writing an iMessage to another iPhone user, or typing in the Notes app, you can format individual words or sections of text instead of leaving everything the same.
If you’ve been wondering how to format text on iPhone, you don’t need another app or a complicated workaround. The controls are already there. You just need to know where Apple tucked them away.
This can be handy when you want one part of a message to stand out, want to organize information in a note, or simply want your text to be easier to read.
How to bold, italicize, underline or strike through text on iPhone
In the video below, I’ll show you how to select the text you want to change and find the formatting options on your iPhone.
You’ll see how to make selected text bold, italicized, underlined, or crossed out with strikethrough. The same basic process can be used when you’re working in iMessage or the Notes app.
It’s one of those small iPhone features that’s easy to miss because the options aren’t sitting right in front of you while you type.
Watch the short video below and you’ll know exactly where to find them the next time you want to add a little formatting to your text.
