Word automatically making underline to appear bold

[EKH]

This question was previously posted re Word 2003, but no appropriate solution
was posted. Hoping someone has a fix!

In Word 2007 I have underlined text in a paragraph. When I bold more than
half of the text in that paragraph, it automatically bolds the underline. If
I bold just a couple of words it does not bold the underline. I do not want
any bold underlining. Does anyone know how to stop the underlining from
bolding?

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, that's the way Word works--on a 50/50 principle.

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[EKH]

Thanks for your quick response, but I'm surprised. No override? Not even
using VBA?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might be able to add some more text to the paragraph (not bold) and
format it as Hidden...

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

I cannot recreate the problem so I wonder if this issue is font dependent
illusion? If I format a paragraph with Calibri font then all the underlines
appear bold at 100% zoom, though at 200% zoom it is clear that the
underlines reflect the bold/normal attribute of the text they are associated
with.

If I format the same paragraph with Times New Roman font then only
underlines associated with bold text appear underlined in bold even at 100%
zoom.

This applies no matter how much or how little of the paragraph is formatted
bold.


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What I'm seeing is the result EKH reported, but on a line-by-line basis. If
I format any part of a paragraph bold and then apply underlining to the
entire paragraph, the lines that are entirely bold have a bold underline.
The lines that are not bold have a not-bold underline. The line that is
partly bold will have a consistent underline throughout, bold if roughly
half the line (actually a little less) is bold, otherwise not-bold.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

I have mailed you an example.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your example has only selected words underlined. I specified underlining the
entire paragraph (though that may not be what EKH was describing).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[EKH]

Suzanne, thanks for the hidden text trick. I'll try that as a work-around.

Graham, you're correct. I was using TNR. When I change the font to
Calibri, I don't get the same behavior.

Following is the paragraph in issue, I'm using tags to show formatting:

"for Transit, its servants, agents, contractors, subcontractors, licensees
and invitees to enter upon the <bold>Transit Lands</bold><underline> for the
purpose of <bold>constructing, erecting, repairing, altering,
improving</bold>, maintaining, removing and reconstructing the Transit
Facilities</underline>; and"

I am also viewing at 100%. Left and Right margins of .65. Left indent of
..25 and hanging ident of .25. Only the underline in the second line of text
goes bold.

Thanks to both of you for your attention to this!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I replicated your example, and I do see what you're seeing, which is, as I
told, Graham, on a line-by-line basis. I'm seeing one line that has:

upon the Transit Lands for the purpose of constructing, erecting,
repairing, altering,

and because most of the underlined text is bold, the underline is bold.

In the next line:

improving, maintaining, removing and reconstructing the Transit
Facilities; and

most of the underlined text is not bold, so neither is the underline.

In an ideal world, use of underlines would be limited to entire (short)
paragraphs, such as headings, and this problem would not arise. I don't
suppose you can substitute italic for the underlines?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[EKH]

I also tested this in Word 97 and got same behavior. Guess that's just how
it is and has been for a while. As long as I know there's no alternative, I
can recommend that a substitution be used.

Again, thanks for looking at this!

 

[Graham Mayor]

OK I'm now on the same page

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