To change the appearance of your Chat messages, use the Format menu or use markdown.
Format Google Chat messages
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Go to a conversation.
- Enter a message.
- Highlight the text you want to format.
- Click Format
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- Select an option:
- To bold: Click Bold
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- To italicize: Click Italic
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- To underline: Click Underline
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- To change the text color: Click Text color
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- To add a bullet point before the text: Click Bulleted list
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- To strikethrough: Click Strikethrough
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- To insert a link:
- Click Insert link
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- Enter the link.
- Click Insert link
- To add inline code: Click Code
.
- To add multi-line code block: Click Code block
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- To bold: Click Bold
- Click Send
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.Tip: To remove a text format, highlight the text and repeat steps 5 and 6.
Use markdown formatting in Google Chat
To add markdown formatting to your Google Chat messages, you can include special characters in the text.
| Format option | Markdown example |
| Bold | *Text* |
| Italicize | _Text_ |
| Strikethrough | ~Text~ |
| Inline code block | `Text` |
| Multi-line code block | ```Text``` |
| Bullet | - Text or * Text |
Tips:
- An inline code block wraps the text.
- After a multi-line code block is sent, you can use a toggle to turn the line wrapping on or off.