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Re: Check how date is entered

From	GS <gs@v.invalid>
Newsgroups	microsoft.public.excel.programming
Subject	Re: Check how date is entered
Date	2018-05-05 20:51 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<pcljhr$6nd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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> On 5/5/2018 9:33 AM, GS wrote:
>>> On 5/5/2018 8:50 AM, GS wrote:
> ...
>
>>>> Q: How did you get the underlined text?
>>>
>>> Just use underscores; display result 'pends on the newsreader recognizing 
>>> them; T'Bird does for the most part; not all will/do.
>> 
>> I don't see how 2 different characters can occupy the same space and so was 
>> expecting the 'flag' char as what we use to boldface, for example.
>
>
> There aren't two characters; it's unicode "combining characters" character; 
> is dependent upon font in use and the renderer to recognize it; if it works 
> it gives the effect; at worst one gets an idea of the intended effect as just 
> a leading/trailing underscore in plain text on older newsreaders.
>
> Not positive which release in T'bird it actually began to look like 
> underlined text; discovered it by pure accident as had used the form for some 
> emphasis on old groups with plain-vanilla readers "like since forever" so is 
> just a result of newer systems with an old and never standard habit.

That doesn't answer my Q! I'm guessing that I wrap the text to be underlined in 
underscores same as I would asterisks to boldface; - so here goes:

  _this is underlined text_

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Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-04 00:31 -0700
  Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 07:46 -0500
    Re: Check how date is entered "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2018-05-04 15:55 +0000
      Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 12:43 -0500
        Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-04 17:37 -0400
          Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 18:49 -0500
            Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-04 21:42 -0400
              Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 23:46 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 04:21 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 07:21 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 09:50 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 09:05 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 10:33 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 10:57 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 20:51 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 11:32 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 21:19 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 07:46 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 09:37 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-06 20:37 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 19:53 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-06 21:03 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 00:06 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 03:14 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 07:45 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:06 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 13:53 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> - 2018-05-08 08:19 +1200
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 15:35 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 17:38 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 17:26 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 00:19 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 01:31 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 07:45 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 09:45 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 14:34 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 14:09 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 17:06 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 13:48 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 15:02 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 14:59 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 17:04 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 18:53 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 21:12 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 23:51 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 07:20 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-09 11:32 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 11:35 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-09 15:03 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 15:18 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:34 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 13:44 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 17:40 -0400
                Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 17:50 -0500
                Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 00:02 -0400
  Re: Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-07 01:45 -0700
    Re: Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-07 01:52 -0700
      Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 08:16 -0500
        Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:10 -0400
  Re: Check how date is entered Ramon-México <cesaramon@gmail.com> - 2018-05-07 22:03 -0700

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