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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   
      
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   > instead, and see how that works out.   
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