The new set-up here is just the way things were on AB until a couple of years ago. If I remember rightly, people
then whinged about the change to the system we've had here until the other day!
Not all the html functions are available now...colours, different fonts, varied print-sizes etc...that we had then, but it is only a matter of getting used to the new ways.
To get italic, put a left-arrow (that's one of these <) followed by the letter i (for italic) followed by a right arrow (that's one of these >). Then put the word/phrase to be italicised (let's say that's your own name) then put another left arrow followed by a slash (that's one of these /) followed by another letter i followed by another right arrow. And voil�...when you enter this, you should have an italicised version of your name! For bold print, just substitute two letters b for the two letters i and for underlining, just substitute two letters u for the two letters i.
For a short course on these and further html �tricks', click
here and the link will take you to a website with a set of basic lessons. Just click on the various �primer' headings once you get there and work your way through them. Good luck!