From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Roger House used thar keyboard to writen:   
   > On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 11:34:43 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:   
   >> Roger House speculated:   
   >>> 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.   
   >> Sorry, I'm a nerd. A button can be anywhere.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I "don't get" your "I'm a nerd.  A button can be anywhere." statement.   
      
   Because I spend so much time with computers, I'm as used to finding   
   buttons on the screen as on the keyboard or on the side of the   
   computer.   
      
   /dps   
      
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