ID: Q97793
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In Word, you cannot apply underline character formatting to a line that contains only spaces. If you attempt to apply this type of formatting to a space character, the underline is not displayed or printed.
NOTE: In Microsoft Word 6.x for Windows or Macintosh, and Microsoft Word for Windows 95 version 7.x, empty form fields at the end of a line exhibit the same behavior as spaces. However, in Word 98 Macintosh Edition, this behavior does not occur.
There must be at least one character other than a space at the end of a line for underline formatting to appear. Similarly, underline character formatting does not appear on spaces following the last character on a line.
Use one of the following procedures to extend an underline past the end of text on a line:
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"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 18, 19, 90, 91, 144-146, 178-183.
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, pages 33- 35, 77, 177, 382.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q145149
TITLE : How to Create Ruling Lines or Blank Underlines in Word
Additional query words: 8.0
Keywords : wordnt word8 macword98 winword ntword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 kbformat
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,98
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: December 23, 1998