Bold selected text in the message body

When composing, replying, or forwarding an email in Outlook, you can easily make your text bold as follows:

1. In the message body, please select the text you want to bold.

2. Press "Ctrl" + "B" keys together.

Now the selected text is bold in the message body.

You can also make the selected text bold with the "Bold" button in the Ribbon.

1. In the message body, select the text you want to bold.

2. Click the Bold button in the "Font" group on the "Format Text" tab (or in the "Basic Text" group on the "Message" tab).

Now the selected text is bold in the message body.

Alternatively, you can also configure the settings in the Font dialog to make the selected text bold in the message body.

1. In the message body, please select the text you need to bold.

2. Click the anchor at the bottom-right corner of the "Font" group on the "Format Text" tab (or "Basic Text" group on the "Message" tab) to open the Font dialog.

Tips: You can also open the Font dialog by pressing the "Ctrl" + "D" keys together.

3. In the Font dialog, enable the "Font" tab, click to highlight "Bold" in the "Font style" list box, and click the "OK" button.

Now the selected text is bold.

If you want to clear the bold formatting, you can select the bold text, and then click the "Bold" button in the "Font" group on the "Format Text" tab (or in the "Basic Text" group on the "Message" tab).