Any way to underline text in Word so not continuous line?

[Chad Harris]

MOS 03 on XPSP2 box.

Simple problem but annoying. When I hit the Underline button on the Word
toolbar, it underlines continuously instead of per each word. How do I make
it underline per each word without tediously having to cut part of the
underline and move the text and then move it back. Has to be the way.

Thanks much,

Chad Harris

 

[Jay Freedman]

MOS 03 on XPSP2 box.

Simple problem but annoying. When I hit the Underline button on the Word
toolbar, it underlines continuously instead of per each word. How do I make
it underline per each word without tediously having to cut part of the
underline and move the text and then move it back. Has to be the way.

Thanks much,

Chad Harris

Select the text to be underlined, go to Format > Font, pull down the
list for Underline Style, and select "Words only".

 

[Chad Harris]

All your help *much* appreciated Jay. This great resource. Will try to
read some of my bks./MVP sites/mini-tutorials at MSFT Office site.

Chad Harris
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+W, or you can add a toolbar button for Word
Underline.

 

[Chad Harris]

That's good really helps. Not to beat it to death Suzanne because what I
found was that there was no "stickiness" to this. In other words every set
of words you have to underline, (which will be continuous by default) then
go and reset it to separate words--and the next time you have to go to the
Format>Font>Underline style pulldown and reinstate it and so on. This will
save time. No any way to make underlines for separate words stay--any place
to set the "rule" until you "unset the rule?"

Chad Harris
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Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+W, or you can add a toolbar button for
Word
Underline.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Daiya Mitchell]

I think Suzanne's double suggestion of a toolbar button and keyboard
shortcut already solved the problem you just explained at length. So are you
still asking for help?

 

[Chad Harris]

I guess the shortcut really made the annoyance go away, Daiya, but it seems
to be in the category of some of the non-intuitive or quirky things that
don't work in Windows and I guess in Word too, that they wouldn't allow you
to make that choice on the pull down, click OK and have it stay. Most of
the other settings on the word dialogue boxes that I can think of don't
revert although in Word I guess there are circumstances that make more
things change.

I am surprised they would expect it to be set or you'd have to know the
keyboard shortcut and I should have been thinking of it. I really
appreciate Suzanne's making me remember I need to pay more attention to
keyboard shortcuts in Word and Office.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are using the Ctrl+U shortcut or the Underline button, you are
applying a single underline. If you want a different underline style (word
underline, double underline, etc.), then you need to use a different
shortcut or button. There are built-in shortcuts for some underline styles,
and you can assign shortcuts for others. There are toolbar buttons available
for word, double, and dotted underline (the last has no icon, however).

That's good really helps. Not to beat it to death Suzanne because what I
found was that there was no "stickiness" to this. In other words every set
of words you have to underline, (which will be continuous by default) then
go and reset it to separate words--and the next time you have to go to the
Format>Font>Underline style pulldown and reinstate it and so on. This will
save time. No any way to make underlines for separate words stay--any place
to set the "rule" until you "unset the rule?"

Chad Harris
_________________________________________

 

[Chad Harris]

This is helpful info Suzanne. The keyboard shortcut is working out well,
because I need to do individ. word underlines a lot in this doc, and will in
the future. *I had trouble adding the toolbar buton for word underline
though, and would like to know where it and the double underline buttons are
and how to do the dotted underline in case I need them. I don't know if it
is available and I can't find it, or I have to enter it and make it. I also
ran into a dialogue box for making a key representative of a keyboard combo
shortcut I guess.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Find the underline buttons in the Format category on the Commands tab of
Tools | Customize. Or you can select All Commands and browse (it's
unfortunate that the underlines are not grouped--not even under Format as
you would expect). If you click Keyboard... in that dialog, you can assign
keyboard shortcuts.