WhatsApp Formatting

WhatsApp text formatting allows you to add emphasis to your message. There are several simple ways to format text in WhatsApp:

• Bold text:
  • To make text bold, place it between two asterisks (*).
  • Example: *This is bold text* will appear as This is bold text.
  • Italic text:
    • To make text italic, place it between two underscores (_).
    • Example: _This is italic text_ will appear as This is italic text.
    • Strikethrough text:
      • To strikethrough text, place it between two tildes (~).
      • Example: ~This is strikethrough text~ will appear as This is strikethrough text.
      • Monospaced text:
        • To create monospaced text, place it between triple backticks (`).
        • Example: This is monospaced text will appear as This is monospaced text.
        • Combining formats:
          • You can also combine different formats by placing the text between the corresponding symbols.
          • Example: *_~This is a combined format~_* will appear as This is a combined format.

These simple formatting methods will help make your message in WhatsApp more expressive and vivid.

Emojis

Also, don’t forget that you can use emojis in WhatsApp messages.

Emojis help to show an emotion, highlight an important point, or point with an arrow or “finger” to a link that needs to be clicked.

How to use WhatsApp formatting

It is important to use a reasonable amount of highlighted text through WhatsApp formatting, and not to make a real mess of text with different formatting.

If the user, as they say, gets “bleeding eyes” from your message, then of course the useful reactions to such a message will be much less.

Use text highlighting to mark the most important words or phrases — for example, with your latest offer, promotion, or update. Highlighting is also often used to indicate an address — of a store or, for example, a website.

Buttons in WhatsApp

In addition, you may have received WhatsApp mailings that had convenient buttons for reactions.

Many users would like to use buttons in their messages because they look attractive and help engage the user.

Unfortunately, only a bot can officially send buttons in WhatsApp, not a regular user.

Moreover, even if a user managed to send a button with some lifehack, they would not be able to program what happens next after pressing this button.

All such behavior is implemented through bots in WhatsApp; here, bots are very well developed and probably work even more efficiently than in Telegram.

We have a separate article, how to create a bot in WhatsApp, it’s actually not difficult.