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|    Questor to Roger House    |
|    Re: Underlining    |
|    10 Aug 21 18:40:01    |
      From: usenet@only.tnx              On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:59:21 -0700 (PDT), Roger House <61rroger@gmail.com>       wrote:       >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?              I am failing to grasp the distinction between "underlining" and "underscoring."       They are considered the same thing in my mind, unless you are literally going       to       cut or crease (score) the paper.              --       Raised eight boys, only I turned bad; didn't get the lickin's the other ones       had              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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