Why is it that italic and bold formatting is available while underline is not?
I guess it is voluntary, I’m just wondering why that would be the case.
Oded
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asked Dec 23, 2011 at 21:03
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Underlining as a typographic means of emphasis is a relic of typewriters and handwriting. I’m not saying these two are dead (at least not both of them), but underlining is far inferior to bolding (for emphasizing and having it stand out from the rest of the text) and italicizing (for emphasizing but leaving the text’s gray value intact, thus not standing out).
Using underlining for emphasis is only for when you have no other way. And we certainly do.
In addition, Juhana is right; on the web, underlining means «clickable».
answered Dec 23, 2011 at 21:53
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Use this bookmarklet to underline the selected text in the active input control:
javascript:(function(){var el=document.activeElement,$el=$(el),start=el.selectionStart,end=el.selectionEnd,val=$el.val(),text=val.substring(start,end).replace(/S/g,"$&u0332");$el.val(val.substring(0,start)+text+val.substring(end));el.selectionStart=start;el.selectionEnd=start+text.length})();void 0;
answered Feb 3, 2012 at 1:52
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On the web, an underline denotes a clickable link.
We do not and should not encourage contributors to create confusion by underlining regular text.
answered Dec 23, 2011 at 21:53
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Nice!
So this is the tool: https://yaytext.com/underline/
Just enter the text there, copy the underlined text, and paste it in stackoverflow:
If the previous tool is removed in the future, what I did to found it is searching on Google:
underline characters online
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Table of Contents
- When should BOLD be used?
- Can you use bold in an essay?
- Why do authors use bold words?
- How do I bold text but not underline?
- How do you bold underline and italicize in Word?
- Which is not a font style?
- Is underline a font style?
- What are the 4 types of fonts?
- What does italic font look like?
- How do you make text italic?
- What does it mean when text is italic?
- Should a quote be in italics?
- Do you put quotes in italics?
- Do you put quotes in italics Harvard referencing?
- How do you quote someone’s name?
- Do you put course names in quotes?
- Are podcasts in quotes?
- How do you write the title of a book in Chicago style?
- How do you write the title of a book in an essay?
- How do you present an author?
- How do you introduce a book?
- How do you credit a book?
- How do you cite a book with two authors in a paper?
- How do you in-text cite a book with two authors in APA?
- How do you cite a book with two authors in APA?
Change the underline style and color
When should BOLD be used?
Bold is used to highlight the text and capture the readers’ attention. The bold tag is used for strong emphasis. When you feel like emphasizing something, you need to first consider using the italics, only use bold text if you are not satisfied by the emphasis the italics did to your text.
Can you use bold in an essay?
1 Answer. It’s a matter of style: both bold and italic are typographically acceptable ways to emphasize part of your text, as are small caps, use of a different typeface or point size. (And, if you wonder: no, underlining is not considered good practice in modern printed text).
We use bold for emphasis, when we want to make sure that our reader sees and takes in certain words. The main examples are: Keywords, for example in a dictionary, where each headword is usually in bold.
How do I bold text but not underline?
Press Ctrl+F9 to make the field active. Replace the underscores with the number you require. You will have to use more number of underlines than the characters, unless it is a monospaced font. Hope this helped.
- Select the text that you want to underline.
- Go to Home and select Font dialog box launcher . Tip: You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D.
- Use the Underline style drop-down list to select an underline style.
How do you bold underline and italicize in Word?
Bold, Italicize & Underline – All Three using the Keys
- First of all, select the word/phrase/sentence to be made bold, underlined & italicized.
- Now, choose the ‘Home’ tab.
- Press Ctrl+B (for bold). Press Ctrl+I (for italic). Press Ctrl+U (for underline)
- Click anywhere in the text area for removing the highlighting.
Which is not a font style?
Superscript is not related to the font style. It is a letter, character number or symbol that is set slightly for the normal line of type.
Is underline a font style?
Underline ~ Like bold and italics, underlining can also be used to place special emphasis on one or more words but this tends to have limited use on web pages since underlined text is also the default font style for hyperlinks.
What are the 4 types of fonts?
Most typefaces can be classified into one of four basic groups: those with serifs, those without serifs, scripts and decorative styles.
What does italic font look like?
An italic font is a cursive, slanted typeface. A font is a specific size, style, and weight of a typeface used in printing and writing. When we keyboard text, we typically use a roman font, where the text is upright. By comparison, an italic font is slightly slanted to the right.
How do you make text italic?
To make text italic, select and highlight the text first. Then hold down Ctrl (the control key) on the keyboard and then press the I on the keyboard.
What does it mean when text is italic?
What is the purpose of italics? Italics are used primarily to denote titles and names of particular works or objects in order to allow that title or name to stand out from the surrounding sentence. Italics may also be used for emphasis in writing, but only rarely.
Should a quote be in italics?
No. In MLA style, italics in a quotation are assumed to be in the original unless otherwise indicated. See the MLA Handbook for more details on quoting sources exactly (75) and on italics added for emphasis (86).
Do you put quotes in italics?
quotation marks in titles is simpler than you think. In general, the rule is: Italics – longer works and collections of works (e.g. novels, albums, movies, newspapers) Quotation marks – shorter works and pieces of longer works (e.g. short stories, songs, poems, articles)
Do you put quotes in italics Harvard referencing?
Short quotations (less than 40 words) should be enclosed in single quotation marks (‘…’) and be part of the main text. Longer quotations should start on a separate line, with no quotation marks, and indented throughout. Do not italicize quotations.
How do you quote someone’s name?
Introduce the quote using your own words followed by : a colon – if you have written a complete sentence – or a comma if you use a phrase such as ‘according to’ along with the authors name. End the quote with a fullstop and the footnote number.
Do you put course names in quotes?
Capitalize titles of courses, but do not italicize or enclose in quotes: Introduction to Communication Writing.
Are podcasts in quotes?
The following list offers guidance on how to handle the many diverse titles, works, and events referenced in College communications, including titles of published works, original art, musical productions, journal names, etc….Quotes, Italics, or Nothing?
Titles for… | Quote Marks, Italics, or Nothing | The Chicago Manual of Style |
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Podcasts | Italics | 8.187 |
How do you write the title of a book in Chicago style?
Q. A book title is written in italics, as is the title of a musical album. Chapter names and songs are set between quotation marks.
How do you write the title of a book in an essay?
Book titles are italicized. The book title is italicized; the title of the article or essay is enclosed in quotations. Example: Henderson, Carol E.
How do you present an author?
You should present personal information about the author and his/her literary work. Say something about which genre the author is writing in (for example detective novels, crime, romantic etc). You should also give a short summary of one of his/her novels and explain the importance of it.
How do you introduce a book?
The Formula for an Introduction
- Hook the reader.
- Tell a story about the reader’s current pain.
- Tell a story about the reader’s potential pleasure.
- Tell them what they’ll learn.
- Describe the author’s background/origin of book.
- Set up the book with a call to action.
How do you credit a book?
The most basic entry for a book consists of the author’s name, the book title, publisher city, publisher name, year of publication, and medium. Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Publisher City: Publisher Name, Year Published.
How do you cite a book with two authors in a paper?
When a book has two authors, order the authors in the same way they are presented in the book. Start by listing the first name that appears on the book in last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in normal order (first name last name format). Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner.
How do you in-text cite a book with two authors in APA?
APA in-text citations with multiple authors If a work has two authors, separate their names with an ampersand (&) in a parenthetical citation or “and” in a narrative citation. If there are three or more authors, only include the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”, meaning “and others”.
How do you cite a book with two authors in APA?
Book with Two Authors References: Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author’s Last Name, First Initial.
When working in Microsoft Word, you should always balance the content and look of your document equally. You might have a really convincing essay or the best business proposal in your company, but if it’s a block of text without formatting, the effect might be undesirable when you start to display your work.
Something you can do to avoid this is utilizing text styles. In order to put more emphasis on specific words or sentences, you need to make them stand out from the rest of your body text. In this article, we will teach you how you can make your text bold, italic or underline in Microsoft Word.
Things you’ll need
- A device with Microsoft Word installed and activated.
How to make text Bold Italic or Underlined in Word
Now, onto the step-by-step guide.
- Launch Word, then either open an existing document or create a new one from the welcome screen.
- If you only want to change the size and font of a portion of your text, you need to select it. Hold down the left mouse key and make your selection. Now, only the selected text will be affected by any changes. If you want to change your entire document, you need to select everything by pressing the Ctrl + A keys on your keyboard.
- Go to the Home tab in your Ribbon. This is where you can find most of the basic text formatting tools in Word.
- Locate the Font section.
- To make text bold, click on the B icon in the formatting ribbon. This is located under the current font used in your document.
- To make text italic, click on the I icon in the formatting ribbon. This is located under the current font used in your document.
- To underline text, click on the U icon in the formatting ribbon. This is located under the current font used in your document.
- Pro tip: use keyboard shortcuts! You can achieve the same text effects simply by pressing down a couple of keys on your keyboard. Here’s what you need to know about formatting text with shortcuts in Word:
- To make your selected text bold or start writing text in bold, press the Crtl + B keys on your keyboard.
- To make your selected text italic or start writing text in italic, press the Ctrl + I keys on your keyboard.
- To make your selected text underlined or start writing underlined text, press the Ctrl + U keys on your keyboard.
- You can combine these formatting styles with one another. Any combination is possible, meaning that you can make your text bold-italic or even underlined while bold.
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Is there a way to make text bold, and to underline it, but for the underline
itself NOT to be in bold?
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Mark
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Not that I know of. The options for underline are under Format | Font
You can try changing the color of the underline to something lighter
(perhaps gray) but that’s more of a work-around and not really a solution for
your problem.
There is a pull down menu under Underline style including a choice that says
«Words Only» which will remove the underline from spaces between words (which
I think is pretty nifty).
Sorry I couldn’t help you more!
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I have a function that makes some text passages bold. It randomly selects words from a div and makes them bold. I’d like to have the same exact function, but instead of making the text bold, it should make the words underline.
The end result should be that some words are bold and some words are underlined.
Here is my function that makes random words bold.
$(document).ready(function() {
$(function() {
function bold() {
var target = document.getElementById("randomText");
var oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
target = document.getElementById("randomText");
oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
words = oldHTML.split(" ");
wordCount = words.length;
var newHTML = "";
var highlightStart = Math.floor(Math.random() * wordCount) + 1;
var highlightLength = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) + 1;
for (i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
if (i == highlightStart) newHTML = newHTML + "<b>";
newHTML = newHTML + words[i] + " ";
if (i == highlightStart + highlightLength) newHTML = newHTML + "</b>";
target.innerHTML = newHTML;
}
oldHTML = newHTML;
}
};
};
$('#randomText').load("hier.txt", bold)
})
});
My idea was to just copy the function, and change a few things:
$(function() {
function underline() {
var target = document.getElementById("randomText");
var oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
target = document.getElementById("randomText");
oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
words = oldHTML.split(" ");
wordCount = words.length;
var newHTML = "";
var highlightStart = Math.floor(Math.random() * wordCount) + 1;
var highlightLength = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) + 1;
for (i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
if (i == highlightStart) newHTML = newHTML + "<u>";
newHTML = newHTML + words[i] + " ";
if (i == highlightStart + highlightLength) newHTML = newHTML + "</u>";
target.innerHTML = newHTML;
}
oldHTML = newHTML;
}
};
};
$('#randomText').load("hier.txt", underline)
})
Any idea why this is not working?
Thanks.
asked Aug 11, 2017 at 7:30
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There is an easier way to get bold or underlined text, which is the execCommand
function.
For example:
<body>
<button onclick='bold()'>Bold</button>
<button onclick='underline()'>Underline</button>
</body>
Javascript:
function Bold(){
richTextField.document.execCommand('bold',false,null);
}
function Underline(){
richTextField.document.execCommand('underline',false,null);
}
You can read more about it here.
answered Aug 11, 2017 at 7:39
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset = "UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv = "X-UA-Compatible" content = "IE = edge,chrome = 1">
<title>Hello World </title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="randomText">It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).</div>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
function bold() {
var target = document.getElementById("randomText");
var oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
target = document.getElementById("randomText");
oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
words = oldHTML.split(" ");
wordCount = words.length;
var newHTML = "";
var highlightStart = Math.floor(Math.random() * wordCount) + 1;
var highlightLength = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) + 1;
for (i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
if (i == highlightStart) newHTML = newHTML + "<b>";
newHTML = newHTML + words[i] + " ";
if (i == highlightStart + highlightLength) newHTML = newHTML + "</b>";
target.innerHTML = newHTML;
}
oldHTML = newHTML;
}
};
};
function underline() {
var target = document.getElementById("randomText");
var oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
target = document.getElementById("randomText");
oldHTML = target.innerHTML;
for (j = 0; j < 25; j++) {
words = oldHTML.split(" ");
wordCount = words.length;
var newHTML = "";
var highlightStart = Math.floor(Math.random() * wordCount) + 1;
var highlightLength = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) + 1;
for (i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
if (i == highlightStart) newHTML = newHTML + "<u>";
newHTML = newHTML + words[i] + " ";
if (i == highlightStart + highlightLength) newHTML = newHTML + "</u>";
target.innerHTML = newHTML;
}
oldHTML = newHTML;
}
};
};
$('#randomText').load("hier.txt", bold);
$('#randomText').load("hier.txt", underline);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
answered Aug 11, 2017 at 7:50
Bold, Italic, Underline Functions in Microsoft Word
In this article, let’s find out the Bold, Italic, and Underline functions in Microsoft Word, and how to use them.
These three commands or fonts are often used by writers, usually to indicate certain words and also to indicate unfamiliar words.
Well, if you want to know, you can follow the article below which explains the functions and how to use the three commands in Microsoft Word, here’s a full explanation.
FUNCTIONS AND HOW TO USE BOLD, ITALIC, AND UNDERLINE IN MICROSOFT WORD
These three types of fonts have different functions and how to use them is fairly similar, here is the complete tutorial.
1. Bold function and how to use it
Bold is a type of font that has a command with character level performance, serves to thicken the shape of the letter. Here’s how to use it.
- The first block of text or letters you want to change.
- Then click the “B” icon on the “Home” ribbon.
- Or you can use the shortcut “CTRL + B“.
- Done, see the example above, guys!
2. Italic Function and How to Italic
Italic type is a font that serves to italicize a letter, here’s how.
- Select the text or letters to which you want to add an Italic font.
- Then click the “I” icon on the “Home” ribbon.
- Or you can use the shortcut “CTRL + I“.
- Done, see the example above, guys!
3. Underline Function
Underline is a character formatting command that serves to underline a letter, here’s how to use it.
- The block of letters to which you want to add an Underline format.
- Then click the “U” icon on the “Home” ribbon.
- To make it easier you can use the shortcut “CTRL + U“.
- Done, see the example above, guys!
Well, that’s an explanation of the functions and how to use Bold, Italic, and Underline in Microsoft Word.
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How to Make Letterhead in Microsoft Word
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How to make a letterhead in Word correctly and neatly is actually easy, but surely there are still many of you who don’t know how to make it.
In an official letter, of course, there is a letterhead and there is always a line at the bottom right. Well, it turned out to be quite easy to make you know.
Apart from being the introduction to a letter, letterhead is also commonly used as a place to write the identity of the letter, such as the identity of the sender and recipient.
For those of you who want to know how to make it, here we explain in full the steps to make a letterhead in Word for you.
HOW TO MAKE LETTERHEAD IN WORD
You should know how to make a letterhead in Word this time, guys, especially when you want to send letters between agencies.
Although not all agencies use it, it doesn’t hurt you to try and find out how to make this letterhead, here are the steps!
- First, open your Word.
- Place the cursor at the back of the last word of the letterhead
- Then select the menu Borders – Borders and Shading.
- After the border menu appears, all you have to do is select the line you want on the menu with a sign like this.
Don’t rush to click Ok, because there’s one more thing you have to do to make it, guys. In the section below, remove it or set it like this to make the line only exist at the bottom, and then Ok.
Yeah, you have successfully drawn the line, Guys, it’s easy and fast, right, how to make a letterhead in Word?
You don’t need to be confused anymore about how to make it. For beginners, making letterhead or letterhead does sound quite difficult.
In fact, how to make a letterhead in Word is fairly easy as long as you already know the procedure. After all, the letterhead cannot be made casually because it is an official identity.
The letterhead contains the official identity of an institution, agency, or company. Well, you can create an official identity on the letterhead in Microsoft Word.
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How to Create a Background in Microsoft Word
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1 year ago
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November 18, 2021
This way of making a background in Word aims to beautify the appearance of the document and make it more attractive Guys.
Usually, this is often found in the use of proposals, certificates, covers, and not infrequently in job applications.
With this function, how do you make it? It’s so easy. Yes, although there are several ways you can do this, you can follow this tutorial in full.
HOW TO MAKE A BACKGROUND IN WORD
This background function is very useful if you want to create a document that upholds the originality of Guys, for example, a thesis.
In addition to having to know how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word, you may also need to know how to create a background in your thesis document, especially in showing the results of the tests you did.
How to make this background is also needed if you want to make an official letter from the agency. Besides needing to know how to make letterhead lines in Word, you also need to know how to add a background to the letter. Here’s how:
- The first thing you can do is change the color.
- Go to Design – Page Color – and immediately choose a color like this.
That is the easiest way and you can change the color according to your needs or tastes, guys. In addition to this method, you can also replace it with an image that you have.
The method is almost the same, guys, pay attention to the following rare:
- Go to the Design menu.
- Click Page Color.
- Select Fill Effects.
- Next, select the tab Picture – Select Picture – From a File.
- Then find the image you have and press Ok
- Finished! The background will change.
But, you also need to remember that both methods will not appear when you print either color or image.
To make it appear when printing, then you need to go to the File menu – Options – Display – and check the Print background colors and Image.
Well, after you go through these few steps, the background will change and also enter when you print, GRATZ!!! It’s easy to make a background in Word.
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How to Create a Signature in Word
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There are several ways to make a signature in Microsoft Word. And the method is really easy, just follow the steps below, guys!
Making a signature is really needed, especially in the digital era like now, right? Of course, you need a signature in your Word file, so from that our Team will provide this tutorial in detail.
Actually, you can also use a third application or additional devices such as pens that support your PC or laptop. But this is the easiest way without using other devices and applications Guys.
HOW TO CREATE A SIGNATURE IN WORD
You need to sign first, Guys on a piece of white paper. Make sure the paper is really white and the pen has colour ink that you can really see clearly.
This function is for later photos or files the resolution will be smaller Guys. Not only that, but the customized color saturation will also reduce the thickness of the pen color, you know.
So make sure you give a signature with a clear enough emphasis. Here’s how to create a signature in Word:
- Prepare a white paper with a signature on it. Photos using a smartphone or you can directly scan the signature through a scanner.
- You can reduce the resolution and crop it so that the photo focuses on the signature. For convenience, click the image file > Edit.
- On the Paint menu, you can resize to reduce the resolution. Choose 50 per cent resolution, fill Horizontal 50 and Vertical 50
- Hover over the exact position of the word you want to add a signature to. Click Insert > Picture > insert the previous signature image file.
- After you insert the image, reduce the size again using the cursor for more precision.
- Double click on the image.
- On the Format menu, select the Color > Recolor > Black and White 50 per cent submenu.
- if your signature is not clear, double click on the image, select menu Correction > Brightness 0 per cent (Normal) Contrast 40 per cent.
You can change the last two steps depending on the contrast and color saturation you want, guys. So you can at the same time adjust the thickness of your signature that has entered the word, so guys.
I also said what Guys, how easy it is to make a signature in Microsoft Word! The most important thing is to make sure your signature is clear enough, and the photos are of high enough quality. Obviously, so that later your signature looks good, it doesn’t break.
Italics and underlines can be used interchangeably, but not at the same time. When typing, we use italics and underlines to identify titles of larger works, magazines, books, poems, newspapers, journals, etc. Italics are used when typing, while underlines are used when writing.
Contents
- 1 What things do you underline?
- 2 How do you use underline in a sentence?
- 3 How do you know when to italicize or underline?
- 4 Should I bold or underline?
- 5 Is it rude to underline in an email?
- 6 What is the difference between underline and underscore?
- 7 Can WhatsApp be underlined?
- 8 What does it mean when a word is underlined?
- 9 How do you underline a word in a text?
- 10 Is The Great Gatsby underlined or italicized?
- 11 Do you italicize New York Times?
- 12 Are movies underlined or quoted?
- 13 What type of lettering is used for emphasis?
- 14 How do you underline and bold text?
- 15 How do you use bold correctly?
- 16 What are the four types of email?
- 17 Why is underlining bad?
- 18 Is it okay to bold words in an email?
- 19 What does underlining mean in proofreading?
- 20 How do you underline an email address?
What things do you underline?
Underlining Titles
Often writers will ask it you underline books titles, underline movie titles, underline show titles, underline article titles, or underline song titles. In general, the answer to this is always “no.”
How do you use underline in a sentence?
draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.
- Pls underline the important items.
- In writing you should underline titles of books.
- Please underline the noun clauses in the passage.
- Their brief visit has served to underline the deep differences between the two countries.
How do you know when to italicize or underline?
Titles of full works like books or newspapers should be italicized. Titles of short works like poems, articles, short stories, or chapters should be put in quotation marks. Titles of books that form a larger body of work may be put in quotation marks if the name of the book series is italicized.
Should I bold or underline?
Final words
To sum it up, when it comes to web content you need to use bold or italics, but not the underline (except for the links). The italics are used for weaker emphasis, whereas the bold formatting is for strong emphasis.
Is it rude to underline in an email?
Bold: Use bold for your most important words and points. Whereas italics is used for emphasis, bold should be used to capture attention. Underline: Underlining text is unnecessary and can make it look like you’re linking to something. Underlining will only confuse your client.
What is the difference between underline and underscore?
Use underline to describe text formatting that puts a line under the characters. Use underscore to refer to the underscore character ( _ ).
Can WhatsApp be underlined?
Android users: On android operating systems, you can tap and hold the text you’re typing, then select > More > and choose among bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace.Note: it is not possible to underline text in WhatsApp.
What does it mean when a word is underlined?
An underline is a section of text in a document where the words have a line running beneath them. For example, this text should be underlined. Underlined text is commonly used to help draw attention to text. Today, underlines are commonly used to represent a hyperlink on a web page.
How do you underline a word in a text?
So, tap on the ‘A’ icon from the top menu bar. After tapping on that icon, you will see a few formatting and font-related options appear at the bottom of the screen. Among those options, you will find an icon that looks like a ‘U’ with an underscore. This is the underline icon.
Is The Great Gatsby underlined or italicized?
In most cases, you should italicize the titles of complete works, like books: The Great Gatsby, Beloved, and The Catcher in the Rye. You would also italicize the names of feature-length films, like Rocky, Schindler’s List, and Frozen.
Do you italicize New York Times?
Titles.In writing the titles of newspapers, do not italicize the word the, even when it is part of the title (the New York Times), and do not italicize the name of the city in which the newspaper is published unless that name is part of the title: the Hartford Courant, but the London Times.
Are movies underlined or quoted?
Italics are used for large works, names of vehicles, and movie and television show titles. Quotation marks are reserved for sections of works, like the titles of chapters, magazine articles, poems, and short stories.
What type of lettering is used for emphasis?
The most common methods in Western typography fall under the general technique of emphasis through a change or modification of font: italics, boldface and small caps. Other methods include the alteration of LETTER CASE and spacing as well as color and *additional graphic marks*.
How do you underline and bold text?
To bold, italicize, or underline, select the text you want to change. Then, select the Bold, Italics, or Underline button in the Home tab as shown below.
Bold.
Bold | Ctrl+B (Command+B for Macs) |
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Italics | Ctrl+I (Command+I for Macs) |
Underline | Ctrl+U (Command+U for Macs) |
How do you use bold correctly?
Use bold fonts for emphasis to highlight important points, but use them as little as possible. If everything is emphasized, then nothing stands out. Use restraint when using bold type. Whole paragraphs of text set in bold type are hard to read.
What are the four types of email?
Let’s look at 4 types of email, other than newsletters, that you can use to connect with your subscribers.
- #1 Informational Emails. Informational emails are not very long and generally, they do not require any action by the subscriber.
- #2 Educational Emails.
- #3 Lead Nurturing Emails.
- #4 Promotional Emails.
Why is underlining bad?
Highlighting and underlining led the authors’ list of ineffective learning strategies.Some research even indicates that highlighting can get in the way of learning; because it draws attention to individual facts, it may hamper the process of making connections and drawing inferences.
Is it okay to bold words in an email?
Don’t abuse the bold, italics and underline styling.
While these features can be used to emphasize a point, too much of a good thing goes bad quickly. An email full of bold, italicized and underlined text could come across as aggressive, or even rude.
What does underlining mean in proofreading?
bold. Underlined word or words. Under characters to be underlined. underline. Change to lowercase.
How do you underline an email address?
Hold your finger on the word to underline. Tap select. Tap BIU. Tap underline.
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Everyone has seen text that is bold, italicized, or underlined. This article will teach you how to easily bold, italicize, or underline in MS Word.
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The instructions given in this article work the same and are applicable to both the Windows and Mac versions of Microsoft Word. However, the design and appearance of the font boxes and other controls that are mentioned may be different between the Mac and Windows versions. This article may include instructions that aren’t available in the Android, iOS, or iPadOS versions*.
How to Bold, Italicize, or Underline in MS Word
The processes for bolding, italicizing, or underlining are nearly identical in Microsoft Word. For sake of clarity for those who only need to know how to do one of the three, I’ve broken each into its own process.
For any of them, the process begins with selecting the words you wish to format. That selection can be any length, from one character to an entire document. The methods for selecting a block of text are fairly universal across computers and different apps. In case you are new to computers or are brand new to MS Word or other word processing software, here is how to select text.
You’ll know your text is selected when it remains shaded or highlighted without you touching the keyboard.
How to select a section of text in MS Word (and most other apps).
Following are some ways to select a specific subset of words as well as selecting all words at one time.
A simple way to select content – method one:
- Click your mouse or trackpad just to the left of the first word you want to format.
- Hold the shift key down and click just to the right of the last word or character you wish to format.
- Your selection should be highlighted now.
A simple way to select content – method two:
You can also make your selection with just your mouse or trackpad.
- Click and hold your mouse or trackpad at the beginning of the selection.
- Drag across and down until all of your intended text is highlighted.
Select all words or characters within a document:
If you are working on a document in which you want every character formatted a certain way, you can select the entire document with one key combination.
- Hold the keys Command on a Mac or Control in Windows.
- Tap the A key.
All of the text in your document should be selected and highlighted.
What is bold in Microsoft Word?
Bold is used when you want a section of your document to stand out. This is an example of bold text within a paragraph. You might use bold to highlight headings such as the one just above this paragraph. It can be used for emphasis within sentences. Titles are often bolded.
A Microsoft Word feature called Styles can also be used to bold headings, but we’ll stick to the most basic methods in this article. (Hint: Styles are found in the ribbon after you tap the Home tab.)
How to bold text in MS Word.
I’ll list the methods for bolding text from the simplest and quickest to the most complex. For any of the first three methods you’ll first need to select the text you wish to format as bold.
1) The fastest way to bold text in Microsoft Word:
• Select the word or words you wish to bold.
• Use the keys Command + B on a Mac or Control + B in Windows to bold them. The keys must be pressed at the same time.
2) The second easiest method for bolding text:
• Select the text you wish to turn bold.
• In the Home tab of MS Word, look for the section that contains the drop-down box to change the font. Just under that box is a row of buttons that begins with one labeled with a bold uppercase B. That is the bold button.
• Select it to bold your selection. (The button will appear depressed when active.)
• Unselect it to unbold text.
• Select the words you want to bold.
• Right-click the selected text.
• From the menu that pops up, select Font…
• A font control box will open. At the top of the box, be sure Font is selected.
• In the center of the first line is a section titled Font Style. Click the list just below Font Style and choose Bold.
To use this method to return to normal text, follow the same steps but choose Regular from the list of choices.
How to italicize words in Microsoft Word.
The methods for italicizing and underlining text in Microsoft Word are very similar to the method we used to bold text. However, to eliminate any chance of confusion, I’ll give the details separately for each.
1) The easiest and quickest way to italicize words in Microsoft Word:
• Select the text you wish to bold following the instructions above.
• Use the keys Command + I on a Mac or Control + I in Windows to italicize the text.
2) The second easiest method for italicizing words:
• Select the block of text you wish to have italicized.
• In the Home tab of MS Word, look for the section that contains the drop-down box to change the font. It’s the same section where you found the Bold button in the previous instruction.
• In the row of buttons that begins with a bold uppercase B, the second button is an italicized I. Select it to italicize your text.
• Unselect it to return to normal text.
There may be times that you would italicize large blocks of text. For example, italics are frequently used to indicate quoted text in books and other forms of writing. Accordingly, you can italicize a single letter or many paragraphs at one time. Select the letters, words, or sentences you want to italicize.
• Using a mouse or trackpad, right-click the selected text.
• From the menu that pops up, select Font…
• The same font control box that you used in the third method of making text bold will open. At the top of the box, be sure Font is selected.
• Click the list just below the title, Font Style. You notice that you have two choices of italics—Italics and Bold Italics. Select whichever you need.
• Use the same steps to return to normal text. Just choose Regular from the list of choices.
How to underline text in Microsoft Word.
Select your section of content as instructed above.
1) The quickest way to underline a selection in Microsoft Word:
• Find the characters you would like to underline. Select them by following the instructions above.
• Use the keys Command + U on a Mac or Control + U in Windows to underline the text. Be sure you press Command or Control and the letter U at the same time.
2) The second easiest method for underlining in Microsoft Word:
• Select the block of text you wish to have underlined.
• In the Home tab of MS Word, look for the section that contains the drop-down box to change the font. It’s the same section where you found the Bold button in the previous instruction.
• In the row of buttons that begins with a bolded uppercase B, the third button is an underlined U. Select it to underline your text.
• Unselect it to return to normal text.
3) As in bolding and italicizing, there is a slower method to underline using the right-click menu.
Underlines aren’t normally used on large blocks of text, partly because they can make consecutive lines of text difficult to read. However, you can underline as much text as you wish.
• Select the words that should be underlined.
• Using a mouse or trackpad, right-click the text you want to underline.
• From the menu that pops up, select Font…
• The same font control box that you used in the third method of bolding and italicizing text will open. At the top of the box, be sure Font is selected.
• This time skip to the second row of controls labeled Color and Underline. The first control on that row controls font color. The second control allows you to select from a large variety of underlines.
• Select whichever you prefer.
In the list of underline styles, the first is Words only. If you choose Words only, the underline will show only under the actual words. Spaces between words will not be underlined. The other choices in the list will result in an underline that spans from the beginning of the text you selected to the end of the selection, including the spaces between words.
To return to normal text with no underline, use the same steps but this time choose (none) for the underline style.
Bonus tip: If you know in advance that you will want a line of text to be bold, italicized, or underlined, place your cursor at the point in the document where the text is to begin. Click the bold, italic, or underline button in the Home tab of the ribbon and begin typing. The text from the point where you located your cursor should now be bold, italicized, or underlined.
You can click all three – bold, italics, and underline at the same time. When you type your text will have all three formats applied at one time, as you type it.
When you’re ready to go back to regular font weight, click the bold, italic, or underline button again. From that point on, your text will return to normal.
You’ll learn more Microsoft Word hints and tips here.
* The instructions given here often refer to icons in the ribbon. The icons discussed are part of the basic set of icons available when Microsoft Word is installed. The ribbon in Microsoft Word is highly customizable. If you have made changes to your ribbon, it is possible that an icon mentioned may not be visible in your installation of MS Word.
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Bold word leads to bold underline?
So I don’t know if this is a bug or not. Running Mojave and Nisus Writer 3.2.2.
If I underline a phrase, sentence, etc. Multiple words underlined. Then I bold one or more words, but not all of those words, it bolds the underline for that line, including the underline under the non-bolded words. . If it’s a multi-line underline, only the line with the bolded word gets the bolded underline.
In short, the interaction between bold and underline seems a bit wonky.
Not sure if this is a new bug for version 3.2.2 or just Mojave, but it’s interesting to have a three line, underlined heading, and the middle line with a bolder underline than the other two lines.
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Re: Bold word leads to bold underline?
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by adryan » 2021-10-26 17:42:56
G’day, Vanceone et al
I also use NWP 3.2.2 with Mojave.
When I underline words and then boldface them, the underline appears exactly the same to me as when it was not boldfaced. In other words, the underlines themselves do not appear boldfaced at all. I tested this with a couple of fonts (Palatino, Helvetica Neue) and also on just a space. I zoomed the page to a high level of magnification and in all cases there was no indication that the underline itself was boldfaced.
I wonder whether the phenomenon you’re seeing is font-dependent. In fact, I was a bit surprised that the underlines with the fonts I tried did not appear differently when underlined. I guess I would have expected them to appear thicker. What the situation was with earlier versions of NWP, I can’t say: it was never a pressing issue for me.
If you haven’t already, I’d suggest relaunching NWP. (I’d done so earlier today anyway when I restarted my whole computer.) At least then we might be comparing apples with apples.
Cheers,
Adrian
MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 2021)
macOS Monterey 12.6
Nisus Writer user since 1996
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Re: Bold word leads to bold underline?
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by martin » 2021-10-27 08:20:26
The thickness of text underlining is controlled by the system (macOS) and the applied font. Different fonts definitely have different underline thicknesses.
That said, I don’t see any difference in the underline thickness between bolded text and non-bold text for any of my fonts. I tested perhaps 40-50 fonts. The underline thickness is always consistent, even when a single bold word interrupts a span of underlined text.
The difference you’re seeing may be due to macOS Mojave. The system plays a hand in the drawing of underlines and Apple may have changed its behavior at some point. I’m only able to test on Big Sur right now.
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Re: Bold word leads to bold underline?
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by Vanceone » 2021-10-29 08:24:03
Well now, that’s interesting. Using Helvetica it does not happen, but in Times New Roman it does. I usually use Timees New Roman, so that’s why I noticed it, I’m sure.
I checked and it happens on my Big Sur version of Nisus as well. Again, Helvetica and other fonts are not affected.
Not sure why Times New Roman (at 12 and 13 point size, to be exact) is affected.
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by martin » 2021-10-29 09:56:33
I misunderstood/misread your earlier message and thought you were seeing something like this:
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The system hasn’t done that quirky/buggy underline drawing in a long time.
Now that I understand what you’re describing, I see the same behavior on Big Sur. Bolding a single word that’s part of an underlined phrase will thicken the underline for the entire phrase, if the bold font face has thicker underlines. This behavior makes decent sense to me, though I suppose it’s debatable what’s best. I don’t know any way to influence this, aside from choosing a different font.
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Re: Bold word leads to bold underline?
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by Vanceone » 2021-10-30 14:42:48
The only time it’s a problem is when I have a multi-line heading. I don’t really care about th the thickness, just that it’s consistent. When you have a 3 line heading and the middle line has a thicker underlining than the other two lines it looks off.
But know that I know this is what happens, I can investigate using italics instead of bold if it’s a really big issue. Or just bold at least one word in each line, if possible. Just a funky quirk, I suppose.
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Re: Bold word leads to bold underline?
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by johseb » 2021-10-30 15:33:11
If you really need/want to use the described formatting you could resort to bolding a few spaces where needed.
The bold spaces will not be noticeable and will cause the underline to get thicker.