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|    Message 143,753 of 144,831    |
|    Roger House to Snidely    |
|    Re: Underlining    |
|    09 Aug 21 19:54:04    |
      From: 61rroger@gmail.com              On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 9:14:07 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:       > Roger House was thinking very hard :       > > 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.       > Look at the screen, especially at the Word toolbar/ribbon.       >              Oh, okay; thanks everyone. When you first talked about the underlined U       button, I first thought that you meant that that button was on the computer       keyboard.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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