Format text in chats

If you use Genesys Cloud Collaborate, you can use simple markdown for formatting text in chats.

  • Use inline formatting for words within a line or paragraph.
  • Use paragraph formatting for the whole paragraph.


Format Use For example, type this… To send this…
Italic Single asterisks (*) or underscores (_)

Here is some *italic text* in a chat.

 

(Or substitute underscores for the asterisks.)

Here is some italic text in a chat.

Bold Double asterisks (**) or underscores (__)

Here is some **bold text** in a chat.

(Or substitute double underscores for the double asterisks.)

Here is some bold text in a chat.
Strikethrough Double tilde symbols (~~)

Here is some ~~strikethrough text~~ in a chat.

Here is some strikethrough text in a chat.
Highlight Backticks (`)

Here is some `highlighted text` in a chat.

Here is some highlighted text in a chat.
URL hyperlinks

Web address format

Note: Make sure to add “http://” or “https://” to the link.

Check out http://www.genesys.com to see what we’re up to.

Check out http://www.genesys.com to see what we’re up to.
Custom hyperlinks
  1. Brackets for the text
  2. Parentheses for the link

Notes:

  • Make sure to add “http://” or “https://” to the link
  • There is no space between the bracket and parenthesis
    [CustomText](link)

[Check out the Resource Center!](https://help.mypurecloud.com)

Check out the Resource Center!

Format Use For example, type this… To send this…
Heading text

Number signs and a space

  • One “#” for largest
  • Six “#”s for smallest

 

# The Big Picture

An example of Genesys Cloud paragraph markup with a single pound sign

### The Big Picture

An example of Genesys Cloud paragraph markup with three pound signs

###### The Big Picture

An example of Genesys Cloud paragraph markup with six pound signs
Block quote Greater than symbol

>”I think Dave’s team did a great job.”

Chat - Block quote example

Bulleted lists

For each item in the list, use an asterisk or hyphen and a space.

Note: Use Shift+Enter after each item. Do not press Enter until you are finished with your message.

* Unnumbered list item 1
* Unnumbered list item 2
* Unnumbered list item 3

(Or substitute hyphens for asterisks.)

  • Unnumbered list item 1
  • Unnumbered list item 2
  • Unnumbered list item 3
Numbered lists

For each item in the list, type the number one, a period, and a space.

Note: Use Shift+Enter after each item. Do not press Enter until you are finished with your message.

1. First do this.

1. Now do this.

1. Then do this.

  1. First do this.
  2. Now do this.
  3. Then do this.
Nested lists

Indent each list item with four spaces

1. First do this:

  1. step 1

  1. step 2

* Also consider this:

  * option A

  * option a

  1. First do this:
    1. step 1
    2. step 2
  • Also consider this:
    • option A
      • option a
Code block
  1. Triple backticks
  2. Shift+Enter
  3. Code block
  4. Shift+Enter
  5. Triple backticks

Note: Do not press Enter until you finish your entire code block. Use Shift+Enter for all line breaks within the same code block.

` ` `
#include
main()
{
    printf(“Hello World”);
}
` ` `

#include
main()
{
    printf("Hello World");
}

Note: To avoid markdown formatting when using the special characters, use a backslash (\) before the markdown. For example, type \**bold text** to display **bold text** in a chat instead of bold text