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Originally posted by CookieRevised
most common used:
*bold*
_underlined_
Note: This use of emphasizing comes from the time that word processors weren't WYSIWYG and visible graphical layouting of text wasn't available (eg: Word Perfect for DOS)
You can still use those emphasing characters in some modern word processors though. It will automatically change the encapseled word in the proper visible text layout (eg: When you type *this* in MS Word, it will autoamtically be converted to this... <= you can turn this beheviour on/off in the settings of MS Word.)
It seems that in MS Word the underscore emhasizing character means in fact "Italized" and not "Underlined"...
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Originally posted by rav0
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Originally posted by ProblemWv Authority
It seems that some people also (on the internet) use it to describe actions aswell such as:
Who...me? *looks behind*
Or something like that. Just thought I'd add that aswell
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You would normally put an asterisks just at the front, and on these forums, you can type /me clicks "Post Reply"
* rav0 clicks "Post Reply"
yep, also both true... since non-WYSIWYG editors become the standard, the original use of emphasizing words in this way has become almost obsolete and now it is also often used to indicate some trivial action in non formal text. Only the context of the text indicates which meaning has to be given to the characters...
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