How do I move underlining lower?

[Guest]

My underling in Word cuts off the tails of g's p's etc. To get a
professional look, I want the underlining to be low enough to be just clear
of the text. In Excel's font formatting tool there is a 'single accounting'
underlining tool that has this effect, but I can't see anything similar for
Word.

 

[CyberTaz]

Word - at least through 2003 - has no such provision (don't know about
2007). FWIW, that underline styling in Excel is purely intended to be used
with numbers - such as the last cell in a column of figures with a total in
the cell below. Although I agree that some degree of adjustment would be
desirable, underlining dropped below descenders in a text document is not
generally employed. It is difficult to read because it melds the descenders
of the upper line with the ascenders of the line below unless you further
make appropriate adjustment to the leading (line spacing). That rapidly
becomes a nightmare You'd need a good DTP program that provides that kind
of typesetting control.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac