That's the option I meant. It makes no difference to this weird behaviour
whether it is on or off. I'm still testing this out at the moment to see if
I can make any sense of what is happening (and I'll compare it to what
happens on my work machine).
Terry
: We're talking about different things. I was referring to the "Draw
underline
: on trailing spaces" Compatibility Option, which causes underline to work
for
: ordinary spaces (without a nonbreaking space). AFAIK, the
nonbreaking-space
: technique works in all versions without need for the Compatibility Option
: (which IMO would be a nuisance since Word selects the space after a word
: when you double-click it, so you'd be likely to get underlined spaces
where
: you didn't want them.
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: "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: : > Suzanne
: >
: > Interestingly, this never used to work in the English (UK) version of
Word
: > either. But now its behaviour is really bizarre. If you say enter a word
: > with several spaces and a non-breaking space, SelectAll by
double-clicking
: > on the word, and apply underline using Ctrl+U, it only underlines the
: word.
: > If you select the word and trailing spaces by dragging the mouse through
: the
: > selecting, Ctrl+U does underline all. Totally crazy behaviour.
: >
: > Terry Farrell
: >
: > : > : Interestingly, the relevant KB article says of this option, "Not used
in
: > : U.S. English Word," but it does demonstrably work.
: > :
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: > : Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > : Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > : Words into Type
: > : Fairhope, Alabama USA
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: > : : > : > Or Tools>Options>Compatibility, check the box "Draw underline on
: > : > trailing spaces". This is for Word 2002 but I imagine 2003 has this
: > : > option also.
: > : >
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
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