WD97: Underline Formatting Does Not Appear at End of Line

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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.

CAUSE

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.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following procedures to extend an underline past the end of text on a line:

• Type at least one non-breaking space at the end of the line where you want the underline to stop. To type a non-breaking space, press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
  
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• Set a right-aligned tab stop at the position where you want the underline to stop. Apply underline formatting to the tab.
  
  -or-



• Set a right-aligned tab stop with a solid, underscore leader. To do this, click to select the Leader 4 option button in the Tabs dialog box (Format menu).

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q195485 WD97: How to Create Ruling Lines or Blank Underlines in Word

Q196855 WD97: How to Extend Form Field Underlines to a Fixed Point

Additional query words: 8.0

Keywords : kbualink97 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb