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LinkedIn text formatter
Bold a word, italicize a line, turn notes into a clean list, and see where LinkedIn will cut your post with “see more” before you publish it.
Select words, then pick a style. Lists apply to the selected lines, or to every line.
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Preview
Your post shows up here, cut where LinkedIn adds “see more”.
The fold is approximate: LinkedIn shows about the first two or three lines on a computer, and a little less on a phone. Make the opening lines earn the click.
Questions
- How does bold text work on LinkedIn?
- LinkedIn posts are plain text, so there is no real bold button. This tool swaps letters for Unicode look-alikes (𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀) that show as bold anywhere you paste them.
- Should I bold whole posts?
- No. Screen readers can read styled letters one by one or skip them, and LinkedIn search may not match them. Use it for a word or a short line, and keep names, links and hashtags plain.
- How long can a LinkedIn post be?
- 3,000 characters. Styled letters can count as two characters each, so this counter counts them that way to keep you on the safe side.
- Where does LinkedIn cut a post with “see more”?
- After about the first two or three lines on a computer, and a little sooner on a phone. LinkedIn does not publish the exact rule, so the preview shows an estimate. Put the reason to keep reading in those first lines.
- Can I schedule the post?
- Yes. SocialMate schedules posts to your personal LinkedIn profile for free, and to Bluesky, Mastodon, Discord and Telegram on the same schedule.
SocialMate
Schedule it for the morning
Paste the formatted post into SocialMate, pick a time, and it goes out to your LinkedIn profile on schedule. Free, with Bluesky, Mastodon, Discord and Telegram alongside it.