tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post114039085419246531..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Potentially UsefulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1140430494440012662006-02-20T02:14:00.000-08:002006-02-20T02:14:00.000-08:00The more important information to know about Word ...The more important information to know about Word is that you can turn all that stuff *off*. The "feature" whereby Word sporadically decides what it should insert is different than what you typed is called Autoformat or Autotext. There's a preference panel for it under the Insert menu, and whether it replaces _foo_ and *foo* is a separate checkbox item. Along with replacing ... with an elipsis, replacing " with 'smart quotes' that only look right on certain systems with certain fonts, and so on.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661650090485723755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1140403147470541302006-02-19T18:39:00.000-08:002006-02-19T18:39:00.000-08:00ctrl-U will do underscoring. The reason the * and ...ctrl-U will do underscoring. The reason the * and _ tricks produce bold and italics is simple, and explains why there is no corresponding underscore trick: those are the traditional plain-text (i.e., in email or on usenet) means of communicating those types of formatting.Aaron Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334056755840192313noreply@blogger.com