Do you Google Talk?

When compared to Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk is way behind. While Yahoo is based on being intuitive, you have to do a bit of digging to customize Google Talk. I've been using both for awhile now and I still don't know all the nifty tricks it can do. But, being that it's a Google product, I decided to look it up. Ironically, it was the Bing search engine that came up with the answers. So I'll pass them along to you.

Open up Google Talk and try this in a chat window:

For bold type, use asterisks * around the words you want bold. Place them directly before and after the words, no spaces

For italics, use underscore _ around the type. Again, place directly next to the words with no spaces

For a strikethrough, use hyphens - next to the words. Place the same as with bold and italics.

You can combine them, but do it in sets. For example, to bold and italic a word, you would put it like this: *_word_* or _*word*_
If you mix them together like this: *_word*_
It won't work.

To reduce or enlarge the screen: ctrl - or ctrl +

There's also an add on, which I'm not sure is still valid. I'll post the link when I confirm it.

It's important to note these tricks don't show up on the mobile version.

Happy chatting!

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