{"id":1448,"date":"2012-06-13T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T16:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/06\/13\/bold-italic-underline\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:40:46","slug":"bold-italic-underline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/bold-italic-underline\/","title":{"rendered":"Bold, italicize, and underline text in Joomla 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert\">Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The most basic text formatting options users are aware of include:<\/p>\n<h2>How to bold, italicize, and underline text in Joomla 2.5<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>bold<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>italic<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">underline<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Joomla 2.5 makes it very easy to <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/create-new-article\/\">edit articles<\/a> and set text as bold, italic, or underlined. We\u2019ll take you through the necessary steps in this Joomla tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply basic text formatting in the Joomla 2.5 article editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Open for edit the article you would like to change<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the exact text you want to modify<\/li>\n<li>Click either the bold, italic, or underline button (see screenshot below)<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_joomla25_bold-text_bolding-text-is-easy-in-joomla-25.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_joomla25_bold-text_bolding-text-is-easy-in-joomla-25.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"bolding text is easy in joomla 25\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>After highlighting the text and clicking either of the three buttons, you will see the text format change!<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. 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