is an option for Cell that gives a list of words that should automatically be put in italics when they are entered.


AutoItalicWords
is an option for Cell that gives a list of words that should automatically be put in italics when they are entered.
Details

- AutoItalicWords affects only ordinary text strings, not elements of more general expressions.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Create a cell with an AutoItalicWords setting:
As soon as you type a space or a punctuation mark after "cherry", it is italicized:
See Also
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), AutoItalicWords, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoItalicWords.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "AutoItalicWords." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoItalicWords.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). AutoItalicWords. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoItalicWords.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_autoitalicwords, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AutoItalicWords}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoItalicWords.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_autoitalicwords, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AutoItalicWords}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AutoItalicWords.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}