Text Formatting Cheat Sheet for Every App
Every app speaks a slightly different formatting language. Here is how to bold, italicise and more across the apps people paste between, side by side, plus a converter that translates for you.
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Fixes em dashes and filler
Rewrites em dashes to the punctuation that belongs there and strips filler from the converted output. Runs in your browser with no AI, and never alters the text you pasted.Ready for Google Docs
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Copies the converted text the moment you paste or pick a destination, with no Copy click needed.Formatting markers, compared
| Feature | Telegram | Slack | Discord | Markdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | *x* | **x** | *x* | **x** | **x** | **x** |
| Italic | _x_ | __x__ | _x_ | *x* | *x* | *x* |
| Strikethrough | ~x~ | ~~x~~ | ~x~ | ~~x~~ | ~~x~~ | ~~x~~ |
| Underline | none | none | none | __x__ | none | none |
| Inline code | `x` | `x` | `x` | `x` | `x` | `x` |
| Spoiler | none | ||x|| | none | ||x|| | >!x!< | none |
| Link | none | none | <url|text> | [text](url) | [text](url) | [text](url) |
| Heading | none | none | none | # x | # x | # x |
Rich-text apps like Notion, Google Docs and Word do not use markers at all. They store real formatting, so you paste actual bold and italic rather than symbols.