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Looking to make your Google Plus status updates/streams stand out more? Want to know secrets to using Google+?
Check out the cheat sheet below!

Sections: Bold, Italicize, Strike Out Text · Send Private Messages · Quick Navigating Posts · Tag Friends in Posts · Symbols

The following codes allow you to bold, italicize, and ~~strike out~~ your stream posts and comments.

To bold your text, surround your text with *asterisks*:

this text will be bolded!

To italicize your text, surround your text with _underscores_:

this text will be italicized!

To ~~strike out~~ your text, surround your text with -dashes-:

~~this text will be striked out!~~

You can even combine all ~~three~~!

This is an example of using all three ~~styles~~!

How about ~~all at once~~!

~~Combine~~ them all!

How to send someone a private message on Google Plus:
So you want to message someone privately? While there's no "messaging system" on Google+, sending a private message is as easy as only sharing a post with only one person.
1. To send a post/message to only one person, first remove all circles that may be prefilled in:

2. Click "Add circles or people to share with...":

3. Enter the name or email address of the user you want to message (they don't need to be in one of your circles to message them!):

4. Type your message, and click Share:

Tips to Navigating Google Plus Posts:
While viewing the "Stream" or the "Posts" on your profile, use following shortcut keys to make navigating through them easier.

Pressing the letter J will scroll down each post one at a time.
Pressing the letter K will scroll up each post one at a time.

Tagging Friends in Posts on Google Plus:
If you've used the 'tagging your friends in posts' feature on Facebook, then you already know how to do it on Google Plus!
To tag friends in posts, simply put an @ sign or + sign in your status/stream text field, then begin typing their name or email.
Once you've selected their name, it'll look like this:

After you share it, their name will be a link to their profile:

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