Google Talk Shortcuts and Text Formatting

Google Talk is arguably the one of the best messenger clients for communicating with your contacts.  The only thing is, it doesn’t have a whole lot of features.  Though, if both you and your recipient are using  Google Talk, you can use “markup” to add some mild formatting to your text.  There are also some program specific keyboard shortcuts for Google Talk, and we’ve listed them below.

Format your text

To send your words with bold or italic emphasis, just enclose them with an underscore or asterisk.

• _italic_ = italic
• *bold* = bold

Groovy keyboard shortcuts

Here are a few keyboard shortcuts that only work in Google Talk.

• CTRL + Mousewheel Scroll
  Zooms text in for your writing box, the recipient of the message does not see the increased size.
• F11
  Start a Google Talk call
• F12
  End a call
• ESC
  Close current window
• ALT + ESC
  Minimize current window

Did we miss any groovy shortcuts or text formatting tricks?  Let us know your favorite Google Talk tips in the comments below!