How can I access my italics thingie for use on DU?

[CTyankee]

I don't have the bar that gives me the icon like I have on My Documents. How do I get that bar so I can bold stuff, too? Or is there some other way? I see people using italics and bold all the time and I want to do that, too...but alas

[rug]

1. Your typographic privileges have been suspended for 90 days for saying "thingie".

There is no appeal.

[CTyankee]

3. I hide my head in shame...

I'm so sowwy...

[Marie Marie]

17. Hey CTyankee - I like your thingy.

Now don't ask me to get more specific - just say Thank You and move on... (Actually, thingy is my go to word when all other words fail me).

[CTyankee]

19. Yeah, well, what else ARE you going to say?

I love the word "thingy or thingie." It just is so handy to have...

[bluesbassman]

2. it's right under the Reply title or Title bar when you post.

Just highlight the text you want to italicize or bold and click the appropriate button.

[CTyankee]

4. oh, keyrist! so THAT'S what the box with the little "i" is!

like this

or this

[bluesbassman]

5. Success!

You're a pro now!

[CTyankee]

6. I feel like an idiot!

I kept thinking "what does everybody else have that I don't." I automatically assume that I am too lame technologically to ever have the right solution to stuff. Like everybody else has magic computers and I have dumb old PC and I am stuck forever in, like, 2002 or something. Ah, life was simpler then...I still have my 3.5 floppy disks holding all those terrific papers I wrote in grad school...I really need to throw those away...

[bluesbassman]

10. Nah, an idiot never asks for help...

or applies the knowledge received.

[CTyankee]

16. thank you, humbly, again...you were gentle with me....

and i am grateful...

[elleng]

7. Like THIS!!!

New to me too!!!

[CTyankee]

8. Yes, but you probably found it out on your own!

I am an idiot

[elleng]

11. NO CHANCE of that,

YANK!!! ALL due to your query!!!

[CTyankee]

12. That makes me feel better, ellen! I cannot tell you how stupid I felt even asking this question!

I guess i had finally given up and decided to ask in the Lounge....better to be "outed" here I guess...folks here are more "celebretory" or something, I dunno. It's nice. I like it here...

[elleng]

14. Yes, Loungers are nice!

[CTyankee]

15. People are fun here! I wish I had come here more often...

lovely folks...nice and easy!

[TexasTowelie]

9. You might want to check this thread that has a lot of tips for formatting text and photos.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12561674

[CTyankee]

13. Ok, thank you. I don't use that Welcome and Help main forum at all and I guess I should!

It's a nice reminder of what to do and for some reason I never accessed it.

thank you again for helping by pointing this out! You are wonderful...