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Formatting Messages in Teams

July 24, 2025

Last week we took a short break, but now we’re back on our blog post theme of Teams!

Do you ever accidently hit enter, and send a message, when you just wanted a new line or paragraph? Then you’re scrambling to edit the message before anyone sees it? Happens to us all of the time… So what can we do?!

Formatting Options

Open the formatting options in the text box! With the formatting options open, you are able to format your message in a variety of ways:

  • Bold text
  • Create a list
  • Change font size
  • Change font color
  • etc…

But most importantly, now when you hit enter, a new line will be started! No more accidently sending messages before you were finished!

How to Open Formatting Options in Teams

From within the textbox, select the format icon (a captial letter A with a pen).

You can also use the keyboard command of CTRL + Shift + X

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