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   Questor to Snidely   
   Re: Underlining   
   11 Aug 21 20:00:40   
   
   From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:46:36 -0700, Snidely  wrote:   
   >On Tuesday, Questor queried:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Roger doesn't want an underscore /character/, he wants a word or phrase   
   >_underlined_.   
      
   OIC.  In the interest of completeness, I'll mention that in Word, ctrl-U is the   
   keyboard shortcut that toggles underlining.  Ctrl-B toggles boldface.   
      
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