# Cannot make text bold in the middle of a word with asterisks

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Décembre 16, 2014, 4:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183 "2014-12-16T16:11:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sampletestguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@sampletestguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sampletestguy)\
**Post date:** [Décembre 17, 2014, 2:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183/10 "2014-12-17T02:40:33Z")

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You can also use HTML tags if you really need intra word.

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