

The fiends at Microsoft designed in a defense against us. Click NONE (5) at the top of that column, then OK (6). See that little line of four dots? You have to kill that. Under SETTINGS (3), look at the bottom item: CUSTOM (4). Click FORMAT, then BORDERS AND SHADING, then BORDERS (1). Highlight the whole paragraph before the line, even if it’s just one carriage return. So you have to attack it in that paragraph. That line is the bottom border on the paragraph immediately above. The only solution was to erase the whole passage that contained them, and type from scratch. I couldn’t highlight them, delete them, or overwrite them. In this case it is a purple dotted (not red wavy ) line. I am starting a new letter in Word 2003 and as I'm typing I notice that. Faint dotted underline in Word 2003? Discussion in 'Microsoft Word Document Management' started by Rick Charnes, May 18, 2005.
#Can you double underline in microsoft word software#
Series Description: The Microsoft Office suite of software includes such powerful utilities as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint and more. Nothing would dent them.įor example, Word's underlining feature allows you to select from several underlining effects, such as straight, dashed, double or dotted lines, to draw additional focus to the text. I never could get rid of these lines of small squares that reached from margin to margin. I’ve finally figured out the most maddening problem in Microsoft Word.

This method ensures that when someone types on the line, the line stays in place.Ĭlick or tap where you want to insert a blank underline. To create an underline in an online document or form, insert a table cell with the bottom border turned on. Underline blank spaces for an online document Select Underline style to choose a different underline style. To apply a different style of underline, go to Home and select Font dialog box launcher. Press Ctrl+U to apply a simple underline. A tab character looks like a small arrow. Select the tab characters that you want to underline. Go to Home > Show/Hide ¶ so that you can see the marks that indicate spaces and tab stops. To underline blank spaces for a printed document, use the Tab key and apply the underline formatting to the tab characters. Underline blank spaces for a printed document

When you want to create an underline in an online form, insert table cells with the bottom border turned on. Also, if the AutoFormat option for changing underscore characters into border lines is turned on, pressing Shift+Hyphen (-) three or more times in a row will result in a line that extends the width of the paragraph, which may not be what you want.Ī better way to underline blank spaces for a printed document is to use the Tab key and apply the underline formatting to the tab characters. You can underline blank spaces by pressing Shift+Hyphen (-), but it is difficult to line up the underlines - if you are creating a fill-in form, for example. Select double underline in the Underline style drop-down list. Use the Underline color drop-down list to change the color of the line. Use the Underline style drop-down list to select an underline style. Tip: You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D. Go to Font and select Words only in the Underline style drop-down list. Go to Home and select Font dialog box launcher. Select the text that you want to underline. Underline words, but not the spaces between them You can also underline text and spaces in several other ways. When you want to stop underlining, press Ctrl+U again. The quickest way to underline text is to press Ctrl+U and start typing. Underline words and the spaces between them
