LinkedIn text formatter

How it works

• Select a few words in the box and choose Bold, Italic or Bold italic. Choose Plain to take the style off.
• Bullets and Numbers turn the selected lines into a list. Choose the same button again to take the list off.
• Copy post, then paste it into your LinkedIn post.

Why to style only a few words

This tool swaps each letter for a look-alike symbol from Unicode's block for mathematics. It is not a font, and not formatting LinkedIn applies: what you paste is made of different characters from ordinary letters.

• The Unicode Standard says these symbols are meant for mathematical and technical writing, and should not be used to style everyday text.
• RNIB, the UK's sight loss charity, says screen readers will often say "bold" or "italic" before or between each letter, which makes the text almost impossible to follow, and some skip words altogether.
• Section508.gov, the US government's accessibility guide, says screen readers may struggle with special characters, and to avoid them in social media posts.
• To a computer a styled word is a different word, so a search for the plain word may not find it.

So style a word or two that matter, and write the rest in plain letters. A bullet is a symbol too: if you want to avoid symbols altogether, use Numbers or start lines with a hyphen.

To see where a post runs past each network's limit, use the caption length checker. For hashtags, try the hashtag counter. To plan the post, write and schedule it in Unisenda.