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Hilos sends messages through WhatsApp, even though the styles aren’t shown in the app you can still use the text formatting that WhatsApp supports to make your messages more expressive, and they’ll be shown inside the app. Text inside Hilos Text inside WhatsApp
  • To make a text bold, you can use the * character before and after the text you want to make bold. For example, *this is bold* will be shown as this is bold.
  • To make a text italic, you can use the _ character before and after the text you want to make italic. For example, _this is italic_ will be shown as this is italic.
  • To make a text strikethrough, you can use the ~ character before and after the text you want to strikethrough. For example, ~this is strikethrough~ will be shown as this is strikethrough.
  • To make a text monospace, you can use the character before and after the text you want to make monospace. For example,this is monospace``` will be shown as this is monospace.
  • To make a bullet list you can use the * character before the text you want to make a bullet list. For example, * this is a bullet list will be shown as:
    • this is a bullet list
  • To make a numbered list you can write a number followed by a dot 1. before the text you want to make a numbered list. For example, 1. this is a numbered list will be shown as:
    1. this is a numbered list
  • To format a quote you can use the > character before the text you want to format as a quote. For example, > this is a quote will be shown as:
    this is a quote
  • Inline code can be formatted using the ` character before and after the text you want to format as code. For example, `this is inline code` will be shown as this is inline code.
  • Links are automatically detected and shown as links inside the app.
You can combine these styles to make your messages more expressive. For example, *this is bold and _this is italic_* will be shown as this is bold and this is italic. You can also use this style formatting when creating a template so that the text inside of a template has an specific format.