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|    Boron Elgar to 61rroger@gmail.com    |
|    Re: Underlining    |
|    09 Aug 21 20:09:11    |
      From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com              On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:28:38 -0700 (PDT), Roger House       <61rroger@gmail.com> wrote:              >On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6:53:58 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:       >> 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.       >>       >       >What button with an underlined U? I looked at the keyboard we have that we       use with the desktop computer, and there IS NO such button.                     https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/underline-text-or-spa       es-f09d6d22-aaa7-423e-8f50-09af37f289be              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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