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You all have probably wondered at some point how I do all this formatted text. Well, it actually has to do with HTML code, but the more basic (usually) elements. Here is how you do each (replace all "*" with "" (nothing)).


Helpful:

Bold:
<*b*>Bold text<*/b*>
or
<*strong*>Bold text<*/strong*>

Italic:
<*i*>Italic text<*/i*>

Underlined:
<*u*>Underlined text<*/u*>

Superscript:
<*sup*>Superscript text<*/sup*>

Subscript:
<*sub*>Subscript text<*/sub*>

Strikethrough
<*strike*>Strikethrough text<*/strike*> or
<*del*>Strikethrough text<*/del*>

shadowkirby47.deviantart.com/j… >Hyperlinks:
<*a*href="URL goes here">Hyperlink<*/a*>

Description List An element that can be used for organizing and indentation.
Recommended method:
<*dl*>
<*dt*>Description title<*/dt*>
<*dd*>Indented text<*/dd*>
<*/dl*>
Other method (with possible format errors):
<*dl*>
<*dt*>Description title
<*dd*>Indented text
<*/dl*>


Somewhat Unhelpful:

Quotation offset
<*blockquote*> Quote text<*/blockquote*>

"Abbreviation"
<*abbr*>Text<*/abbr*>

Horizontal Line
<*hr /*>





If you want to know anything else or if something was unclear, please leave a comment about your question.

VERSION 3.2 UPDATE: In case you are confused, the numbering system is set up like this: [Major Update Number].[Format/Organization Update Number]
Also, because I'm always busy, updating this will be split up into many different versions.

VERSION 2.1 UPDATE: I had to re-organize everything so it would look cleaner.

VERSION 2 UPDATE: I apologize for it being so messy now, but I added four new formatting techniques, and two of them can actually be useful!

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Comments: 1097

DucksforLife In reply to ??? [2015-08-20 00:12:55 +0000 UTC]

Β 

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VodkaKun In reply to ??? [2015-08-17 15:00:29 +0000 UTC]

<*strike*>Become one with mother Russia, Da? Pls work.<*/strike*>

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VodkaKun In reply to VodkaKun [2015-08-17 15:01:17 +0000 UTC]

Nope, okay then.Β 

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Snakepool In reply to VodkaKun [2015-08-31 19:28:03 +0000 UTC]

without the *

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Get2daChoppa In reply to ??? [2015-08-14 23:07:52 +0000 UTC]

I have done the strikethrough thing in a journal...it does not work. Why is this?


And just to check if it works here

EDIT: It does. Why doesn't it work n my journal?!

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WolfInsainty In reply to ??? [2015-08-13 07:45:04 +0000 UTC]

i hope this is right

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NeonixArts In reply to ??? [2015-08-10 10:24:05 +0000 UTC]

plz work

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NeonixArts In reply to NeonixArts [2015-08-10 10:24:57 +0000 UTC]

yesssss

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kagroami253 In reply to ??? [2015-08-07 04:50:02 +0000 UTC]

pls work man

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kagroami253 In reply to kagroami253 [2015-08-07 04:51:16 +0000 UTC]

Ah man

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CalicoNorth In reply to kagroami253 [2015-08-07 14:09:45 +0000 UTC]

Take out the asterisks.

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kagroami253 In reply to CalicoNorth [2015-08-09 03:11:35 +0000 UTC]

I regret nothing

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calthax In reply to ??? [2015-08-03 05:23:31 +0000 UTC]

Testing it out

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princesspeach456 In reply to ??? [2015-07-29 22:36:06 +0000 UTC]

plz wrk

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princesspeach456 In reply to princesspeach456 [2015-07-29 22:41:48 +0000 UTC]

AMG IT WRKED

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x-VivaerethAlonia-x In reply to ??? [2015-07-29 16:23:51 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... Helpful. But you know, you don't have to use those pesky asterisks. You could just escape the < and > symbols and they would be displayed instead of triggering the formatting. Like this:

You type: <html>
This shows:

Breaking it down:

Character codes begin with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (. The text in between defines which character is going to be displayed. There's a character code for pretty much every symbol you can imagine: www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

That makes it easy to show people how to code, since you can just tell them to do this:
Type: This text is bold.
Shows: This text is bold.

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xXSilentSouls In reply to x-VivaerethAlonia-x [2015-08-14 01:48:16 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could favorite this comment
This thing is so useful- I wish I had known about it
People seem to like asking me how I code my comments e_e

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x-VivaerethAlonia-x In reply to xXSilentSouls [2015-08-17 03:29:59 +0000 UTC]

Well, there. I just made up a journal just for you . Now it's more in-depth, and even better, it's favoritable! Kind of geared more towards people who don't know much (if anything) about code, but it should be useful for us, too.

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xXSilentSouls In reply to x-VivaerethAlonia-x [2015-08-17 10:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you oh my gosh <3 That's amazing hhhh

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mari-chan In reply to ??? [2015-07-25 18:02:45 +0000 UTC]

Saving this for when I need it! Thank you for making it!

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RUichuujin In reply to ??? [2015-07-24 10:44:05 +0000 UTC]

i am not good with this stuff

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Battiana In reply to ??? [2015-07-20 18:13:59 +0000 UTC]

On the journal, it's not working. after I do <.strike> blah blah blah <.strike>, the rest of the text is still strikethrough.

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Battiana In reply to ??? [2015-07-20 18:11:44 +0000 UTC]

is this working

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Battiana In reply to Battiana [2015-07-20 18:11:51 +0000 UTC]

O YAS IT IZ

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Daring-Charming-Fan In reply to ??? [2015-07-18 02:23:09 +0000 UTC]

Omg yay it works

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Daring-Charming-Fan In reply to ??? [2015-07-18 02:18:59 +0000 UTC]

testing

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Daring-Charming-Fan In reply to ??? [2015-07-18 02:18:28 +0000 UTC]

hi

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EnforcingFern48 In reply to ??? [2015-07-15 10:39:56 +0000 UTC]

ACCESS BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

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jazjam123 In reply to ??? [2015-07-12 12:09:01 +0000 UTC]

is this working?

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Browsers12 In reply to ??? [2015-07-12 09:56:05 +0000 UTC]

OMG



Thank youΒ very much!

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princesspeach456 [2015-07-07 14:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Plz

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BARNS-w-ALLOW In reply to ??? [2015-06-20 04:07:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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TeaGrenade In reply to ??? [2015-06-19 22:39:00 +0000 UTC]

HMMMM

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Icewind-Of-Mezaa In reply to ??? [2015-06-14 13:12:45 +0000 UTC]

oh look it didnt work amazing

OH NEVERMIND HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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DarkRavenArtist In reply to ??? [2015-06-13 17:56:52 +0000 UTC]

Β SCREWDRIVERΒ 

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nikko-teri In reply to ??? [2015-06-12 18:23:14 +0000 UTC]

bold

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WreckitAriel In reply to ??? [2015-06-11 05:25:27 +0000 UTC]

<*del*>Strikethrough text<*/del*>
Did it work?Β <*strike*>No it didn't<*/strike*>

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Slashy16302 In reply to WreckitAriel [2015-08-05 14:55:47 +0000 UTC]

At the top of the journal it says to replace the * with nothing so just do the things without the *.

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WreckitAriel In reply to Slashy16302 [2015-08-06 14:58:55 +0000 UTC]

Okay.Β 
Thanks!

NO I MEAN IT!!!

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Hikari-Uchiha16 In reply to WreckitAriel [2015-07-03 12:52:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, remove the asterisks. ^^

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WreckitAriel In reply to Hikari-Uchiha16 [2015-07-03 15:18:37 +0000 UTC]

Whoops...
Done it
Thanks

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Hikari-Uchiha16 In reply to WreckitAriel [2015-07-04 01:43:25 +0000 UTC]

^^ No problem, I'm happy to help. ouo

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RayuEternal In reply to ??? [2015-06-08 03:52:28 +0000 UTC]

maybe?

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Michiipyon [2015-05-30 01:47:35 +0000 UTC]

emigerd

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SeleneNekoChan In reply to ??? [2015-05-28 19:13:56 +0000 UTC]

Β test

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magneticecho In reply to ??? [2015-05-28 02:57:09 +0000 UTC]

What if strikethrough starts happening automatically without any coding? It happened to a friend of mine and I have no idea how to help her stop that from happening.

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StormOfJade In reply to ??? [2015-05-13 04:38:48 +0000 UTC]

like this?

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fluffy-poyos In reply to ??? [2015-05-05 12:05:02 +0000 UTC]

I shall test this!

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rojoa In reply to ??? [2015-05-04 00:57:32 +0000 UTC]

rojoa test

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Mattomanx77 In reply to ??? [2015-05-01 02:27:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for this M8

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