# Bold/italic applied by hand

> Bold, italic or underline set directly on the text rather than by a style.

**Why it's flagged.** Bold, italic or underline was applied straight to the words instead of through a character style. This is how most people format, so it's very common.

**How serious.** Carried through automatically. The build keeps your bold, italic and underline exactly as typed.

**How to fix it.** Nothing to do. Underline is worth a second look, though: books rarely underline. If it stands for italic, change it to italic in your editor.

**When to leave it.** Leave it. It's the normal way to emphasize words.

[All Inspect findings](inspect.md)

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Source: https://studio.jdbb.net/help/finding-manual-formatting