Underlining Text

[Hays_Fisher@adobeforums.com]

I am having a very difficult time figuring out how to underline text in InDesign CS. I have looked it up in Help and searched all over the place and stiil don't have an answer.

Hays

[Bob_Levine]

Select the text and open the flyout menu in the character palette.

Bob

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

Or, alternatively, click on the Character mode button on the Control palette, and select Underline Options.

[Thomas_Porter@adobeforums.com]

Hi Hays, I had the same problem - it was said that Cntrl+Shft+U would work too... (have gotten to try (still reading the forum)) But, I have faith that both answers I got are good (Thanks Folks)

[Michael_Breitenbeck@adobeforums.com]

Is there a simple way to underline text without having to draw a line? I cannot find it anywhere. I know this is probably the simplest question asked here..but I am pulling out my hair!

[Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com]

Is there a simple way to underline text without having to draw a line?




No. Pour yourself a drink, and give your hair follicles a break.

[Despite the highly touted new text engine, Illustrator 11 (aka CS) continues to fall back on its illustration (as opposed to page layout) program roots and, to this day, does not support faux fonts. Unless you have an actual underlined font, drawing a line is your only choice. Typography purists might tell you to consider alternatives, such as italicizing. See further discussions on this subject by searching this forum.]

=-= Harron =-=

[Stu_Bloom@adobeforums.com]

highly touted new text engine




Touted was about the only thing "highly" about it. It turned out to be a massive fraud, IMO.

Typography purists might tell you to consider alternatives, such as italicizing




Typography purists may not live in the real world where real customers with real money get real[ly] insistent on having real underlines.

[Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com]

I love it when you get real, Stu.

[Eric_Schwartz@adobeforums.com]

The "underline issue" is a very old topic in these forums but I totally agree with Stu. Even though we may know that underlining is not the proper thing to do in good typography design, many of our clients demand it...and aren't they ALWAYS right?! :-)

So we spend (waste) a great deal of time manually placing line rules under text only to then reposition them every time a text edit is made on a comp as text reflows.

I have since given up making web page comps in Illustrator where underlining is a necessity to show link samples, etc. (I use Fireworks for those types of comps).

[San]

SOLUTION:

Just select and highlight the text u want to underline using the text tool...
Click on the menu dropdown button at the topright corner of the screen (next to quick apply, "electric shock" icon :P)..
Select underline options..
And tada!