# How to automatically replace a double exclamation point when a message is saved?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-replace-a-double-exclamation-point-when-a-message-is-saved/71759 "2017-10-10T11:47:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-replace-a-double-exclamation-point-when-a-message-is-saved/71759/8 "2019-11-09T01:02:17Z")

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This is another use for watched words → replacement @sam, I know you have been deeply skeptical of this feature, but it in fact serves a lot of purposes..

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