Formatting Chat Message Text in 8x8 Work for Desktop

Updated: 07/11/2024

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.)