Rich text in Approval messages
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We're pleased to announce that you can now use Markdown to add rich formatting to the details portion of an approval request. With this new capability, you can format your details for emphasis (bold, italics, strikethrough), create headers, paragraphs, line breaks, lists (ordered or unordered), and tables. For further details about all supported formatting capabilities, visit https://aka.ms/approvaldetails.
For example, you can now format an approval request like this:
- Session Title: Streamline business processes with Flow and Office 365
- Conference: Ignite 2018
- Presenter: Earl Lauer
- Session Level: 200
- Description: Easily add automation to workflows and approval processes for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Office 365 data that enable you to process requests, send notifications, and more - with just a couple clicks.
In your flow, annotate approval details with the Markdown characters for bold, italics, unordered lists, and more. For example, **Session Title**.
When you send an approval request, the approver sees the request with rich formatting across all clients.
The previous screenshot shows what it looks like on the web. The following screenshot shows what it looks like in Microsoft Outlook:
Finally, the message is also formatted in the Microsoft Flow mobile app:
