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Underlining is one of the useful tools in marking and highlighting important content in Word. Especially with long paragraphs, underlining makes it easy for you to track and quickly find important information. In this article, FPT Shop will guide you on how to underline in Word and how to remove underlining when necessary.

Why do we underline in Word?

Underlining is seen as a way to highlight a word, phrase, or paragraph in Word. This helps you and the reader not to overlook the important information that you have emphasized.

In addition, underlining also demonstrates the professionalism of the author, the composer that they have used Word’s tools to make the document more beautiful.

Sometimes, the underlining tool is used when grading papers to indicate mistakes and help the reader know which paragraph needs to be modified. In some documents, underlining is also considered mandatory, in this case, you must comply.

3 ways to underline in Word

There are many ways to underline in Word, such as underlining including spaces, only underlining the text part, underlining the whitespace. Here are the detailed instructions.

1. How to underline in Word including spaces

Underlining in Word including spaces is the easiest method, just 2 simple steps as follows:

Step 1: Open the Word file > Highlight the sentence or paragraph you want to underline.

Step 2: Use the keyboard combination Ctrl + U or click on the U with an underline below in the Font section.

2. Underlining in Word except spaces

This case applies when you want to underline a full sentence or paragraph in Word but skip the spaces between the words. The steps are as follows:

Step 1: Open the Word file > Highlight the paragraph/sentence you want to underline > Right-click, choose Font.

Step 2: The Font dialog box appears, in the Underline Style section, you choose Words only.

You can preview the content after underlining in the Preview box. Then click OK to confirm.

The result is as follows:

3. Underlining in Word for whitespace

This method is usually applied in case you need to draw an underline as a barrier between sections, paragraphs.

The steps are as follows:

Step 1: Select Home tab >> In the Font section, click on the U with an underline below.

Step 2: Select the line you want to underline and then press the Tab key on the keyboard. The result is as follows.

How to change the underline format in Word

The default underline is black, thin, and continuous. However, you can completely change the color and style of this underline to make it more prominent and impressive as follows:

Change the style of the underline

Step 1: Open the Word file > Highlight the text you want to underline > Click on the small arrow next to the U with an underline below.

Step 2: Choose the underline style you want to change or click More Underlines to see more different ways to underline in Word.

Step 3: The Font dialog box appears, you can choose the underline style in the Underline styles section, then press OK.

You can preview the changes in the Preview section.

The result is as follows:

Change the color of the underline

Step 1: Similarly, to change the color of the line, you also open the Font dialog box, click on the arrow in the Underline Color section and choose the desired color.

If you want to choose other colors, you can click More Colors to choose. Then click OK to apply.

Step 2: Preview the changes in the Preview section and click OK to close the dialog box.

How to remove underlining in Word

The operation of removing underlining in Word is also very simple, you just need to highlight the sentence/paragraph that has been underlined and press the keyboard combination Ctrl + U or click on the U with an underline below in the Font section.

Some notes when underlining in Word

When underlining in Word, you should note a few points to ensure that your document is beautiful and easy to read:

• Use underlining reasonably: You should use underlining to indicate key points or important information, not to overuse. Using too much underlining will make the document look unattractive and difficult to read.
• Choose the appropriate underline style: Word offers many different underline styles such as underline below, underline above, double underline, etc. You should choose the appropriate underline style for your purpose.
• Use suitable colors: You should use bold colors for underlining, this will make the document look clear and easy to read. However, you should also note not to use too many colors or too flashy, this will detract from the aesthetics of the document.

• Consider with bold text: If you have already bolded a part of the text, underlining may make that text difficult to read and easily confusing for readers. In this case, you can use other highlighting tools such as side lines or highlighting the important sections.
• Use the same underline style for the same purpose: If you use multiple underline styles in your document, it will look cluttered and difficult to read. Therefore, you should use the same underline style for the same purpose in your document.

Conclusion

The article has guided you on how to underline in Word. Each step has illustrative examples, so it is easy to follow. Hope this sharing will help you successfully implement it.

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