Re: emacs text mode and formatting

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:43:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: AngusC <anguscomber@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> I have created a text file in emacs and saved the file.  I later applied
> formatting, well bold, using m-o b to some text and re-saved.  But when I
> re-open the text file I lose the formatting. 
> 
> I am guessing this is a restriction of the text format rather than emacs
> itself.  Is there a way I can save the file so that my formatting is
> retained?

Try

  M-x enriched-mode RET