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|    Snidely to All    |
|    Re: Underlining    |
|    09 Aug 21 15:53:53    |
      From: snidely.too@gmail.com              Roger House scribbled something on Monday the 8/9/2021:       > On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 5:39:26 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:       >> Remember when Roger House bragged outrageously? That was Monday:       >>> When you, (I'm not referring to any particular person, I'm using "you"       >>> generically), are typing, like in word or word perfect for example, on a       >>> computer or a word processing machine, is there any way to fully underline,       >>> *NOT* underscore, but underline, a word like you can/used to be able to do       >>> on a typewriter? If yes, then in lay person's terms using a step 1, step       >>> 2, step 3 ....etc. style, HOW do you do it? Thank you.       >> It varies with the program you are using. On Windows machines, there's       >> usually a button for fonts, and beside it buttons for bold, italic, and       >> underline. Sometimes there's more buttons ... LibreOffice Writer has       >> strikethrough. Sometimes there is only a button for a drop-down       >> choice.       >>       >> You can push the button to start an underlined section, and the unpush       >> the button at the end, or you can select a word or phrase and push the       >> button, and only the selection will be underlined.       >>       >> Google Mail and Google Docs have these buttons, too.       >>       >> For usenet posts, underlining is /signalled/ by wrapping the word(s) in       >> underscores, but not all newsreaders display this as underlined text;       >> _Google Groups_, for instance, does _not_.       >>       >> For more specific instructions, you will have to tell us what program       >> you use or are planning to use.       >>       >> /dps       >>       >       > I would be using a desktop computer that has Windows 10 home and Microsoft       > word 325. Again, I DO NOT/WOULD NOT want to, (just), underscore. I would       > want to be able to fully/completely underline a word like one can do on a       > NON-computer/NON-word processing typewriter.              Use the button with an underlined U.              /dps              --       You could try being nicer and politer       > instead, and see how that works out.        -- Katy Jennison              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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