While the debate over WhatsApp vs Signal is still going on, let us share some tips & tricks on how to manage and easily find important messages as well as how you can edit font style in 2021.
Below are some of the simple WhatsApp management tips & tricks:
1. Create your own “Note to Self” WhatsApp group
Create a group consisting of you and another individual (you can name it “Note to Self”/”My Own Notes”/etc.)
Remove that person from the group once it is created.
Now, the group will become your personal chat room where you can send information to yourself.
2. Pin a chat
For iPhone users:
Swipe right on the chat you want to pin/unpin
There will be an option to “Pin” or “Unpin”
When you select “Pin”, your chat will move to the top of your WhatsApp screen
You can only pin a chat up to a maximum of 3 pins.
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3. Make your important messages easy to find with “Starred Messages”
Tap longer on an important message within your WhatsApp chat room until a list of menu appear.
Choose the “Star” option.
Now you can find your important messages by clicking the “Starred Messages” tab in the main menu.
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4. Mute your voice messages
When playing a voice message, hold your phone against your ear and the voice message will be played privately in a lower volume instead of in a loudspeaker mode. It is much faster and simpler than taking your time to connect your earphones/AirPods to your phone and ears or lowering your phone’s volume manually.
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5. Font Styling
Bold Font
(Place * before and after the text)
Example: *Write your text here*
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Italic Font
(Place _ before and after the text)
Example: _Write your text here_
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Strikethrough Font
(Place ~ before and after the text)
Example: ~text~
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Monospace Font
(Place ` before and after the text)
Example: ```Write your text here```
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Bold, Italic, Strikethrough Fonts in the same text
(Place *~_ before and after the text)
Take note of their sequences as the text should be opened and closed with the same signs!
Example: *~_Write your text here_~* or ~_*Write your text here*_~
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Otherwise, you can also select the message that you have already typed out and format it with WhatsApp built-in option for text formatting. How to do that?
For iPhone users:
When you tap on your selected message, the contextual menu will appear as shown below:
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Tap on the BIU option.
After choosing BIU option, another menu will appear and you will then be able to choose from one of the options (Bold, Italic, Strikethrough or Monospace) as shown below:
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If you want to combine Bold, Italic and Strikethrough fonts in the same text, you can repeat the steps above on the same text and choose a different formatting option (Bold/Italic/Strikethrough) every time you do that. You will then be able to achieve this:
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