WhatsApp users already know how to format their text messages in four different ways: italics, bold, strikethrough, and monospace. But now that list has been expanded to include four additional text formats: bullets, numbered list, quote, and inline code, allowing you to enhance and liven up your messages in eight different formats. Here’s everything you need to know to get started formatting messages on WhatsApp.

Here's how to format your text messages on WhatsApp:

Open a WhatsApp chat and use the following instructions to insert the relevant text formats:

If you don’t want to remember all the punctuation marks as you type, WhatsApp also lets you add text formatting using shortcuts after you type. Here’s how: