Does anyone know how I would go about putting formatted text in a stream update in Google+? Specifically I'm trying to put text links in a post, without having to show the URL or have the page information below what I write.
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Looks like you're limited to formatting bold, italics and strikethroughs for now.
You've got the following options only at this stage:
*Purple* _Monkey_ -Dishwasher-
The above will render as this:
Purple Monkey
Dishwasher
Links added to a stream update will either automatically fetch the image or stick a thumbnail of the page you're linking to in an attachment to the main post.
answered Jul 10 '11 at 3:44
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2How did the people who commented on this post manage to make a click-able link to a YouTube video? – Green Noob May 24 '12 at 13:30
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4When you add in a direct link to a YouTube video, Google+ will automatically format it into a link and display the video title. @gre – Eight Days of Malaise May 26 '12 at 0:56
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There's something I just found.
It's related to posting YouTube videos.
Let's say you are posting a video and you want to make attention at particular part of it. Just write hours:minutes and Google Plus will automatically create direct link to the video frame.
"9:15 - blabla" will be linked to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youvideoID#t=9m15s
And yes - don't forget to post link to the video itself.
An example: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106412765390072413965/posts/hBa8AWLki8y
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To make text BOLD:
Surround the block of text you want bolded with *
Example: *FREE BEER* = FREE BEER
To make text ITALIC:
Surround the block of text you want italicized with _
Example: _Smooth_ Moves = Smooth Moves
To STRIKETHROUGH text:
Surround the block of text you want to strike through out with –
Example: I am -hungry- full = I am hungry full
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