Here's how we can convert regular text to italics, color, bold, underline, strike, and so on.

The key is using these brackets < >

• These ( ) brackets are used for illustration only •

To begin italics: write i between a set of <>
To stop italics: write /i between a set of <>

To convert to green text: between <>brackets, write: font color=green
To stop green text: between <> brackets, write: /font color

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To convert an http address to a link, use this master string, and insert your URL and name of link where indicated:

(a href="http://some.url.com")Name of link/description here(/a)

• Replace ( ) brackets with <> brackets
• Remove all "

For example, convert this address to a link:
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/party/msg0406392829201.html

• Insert it into the master string
• Insert name of link
• Replace all ( ) with < >

(a href=http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/party/msg0406392829201.h tml)A good question about italics(/a)

....and when replacing the illustration ( ) brackets with the correct < > brackets, GW converts the string to a link:

A good question about italics

Hope it works for you too!

People can also open their link in a new window with:

(A HREF="http://www.linkedwebsite.com" TARGET="_blank")description of the link goes here(/A)

again, replacing ( ) with < >.