Underline not showing up

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

I have a table with text in one of the cells. I have a line of text on one
line, underlining on the next line to create a space between the third line
of text, like so:

Text
________________

Text

The underlining doesn't show up in normal view, nor does it show up in print
preview. It does, however, print. Why can't I see it in normal and print
preview? Should I use something other than underlining?

 

[Terry Farrell]

If you actually drew a line, then drawing objects do not appear in Normal
View, but should show up in Print Preview. If you used a real underline
(from the format Font dialog), then it should show up in all views. If it
doesn't, check that you have the latest driver for your graphics card
installed.

 

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

If you actually drew a line, then drawing objects do not appear in Normal
View, but should show up in Print Preview. If you used a real underline
(from the format Font dialog), then it should show up in all views. If it
doesn't, check that you have the latest driver for your graphics card
installed.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect"

I used the shift key and the underline key (next to the number 0 on the keyboard). It didn't show up in print preview or normal mode. To use underline in format, font,would I use spaces to make the underlining appear?

 

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

By the way, I'm using Word 2007. Is there a better way to make a signature
line?

 

[Terry Farrell]

You can underline using spaces but the final space must be a hard space
(Ctrl+Shift+Space). The best solution is to use a Tab Leader. Check out the
Tab dialog and you can select various Leaders for this.

Terry

"Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Or you can underline the tab character itself. To insert a tab character in
a table, press Ctrl+Tab.

 

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

If you actually drew a line, then drawing objects do not appear in Normal
View, but should show up in Print Preview. If you used a real underline
(from the format Font dialog), then it should show up in all views. If it
doesn't, check that you have the latest driver for your graphics card
installed.

What is a "real" underline?

To me, holding the shift key and pressing shift-_ is underlining.

LB