Have you ever wished you had a better way to emphasize your point? (You know, besides raising your voice, of course!) Unfortunately, MS Word seems to be pretty immune to that tactic.

You've done the normal bold, color change and underline thing, but this time, you're looking for a little something "extra." (It's like the sprinkles my niece likes to decorate cakes with. Just a little something to add that extra touch!)

Yes?

Good, because I've got a possible solution for you!

How about a different underline for a change of pace?

Instead of the old stand-by, here are a few of the others you can try on for size:

So, now that you know you have options, let's get to the "how-to!"

Once you've decided what text should be underlined, go ahead and highlight it.

Now, it's time to get busy with the underlining.

Go to the Format menu, Font choice.

In Word 2007, you can click the arrow located in the bottom right hand corner of the Font section on the Home ribbon.

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Under the Font tab, locate the Underline or Underline Style field.

Click the down arrow to display your choices.

If you have Word 97, you should see this in the menu:

In the newer versions of Word, you'll see something like the screenshot below. (Also note that this list has a scroll bar, so the list contains more choices than you can see at once).

Also, I found that in Word 2007, some of the options were accessible right from the Underline button on the Home ribbon. If you look closely, you'll see that there's a down arrow on the right side of that button. If you click that, you'll see this:

If none of the choices presented in this partial list are what you're looking for, you can choose More Underlines from the bottom and the Font dialogue window will open, allowing you to choose from the entire list.

Either way you go to find your preferred style, simply select the underline style of your choice and then click OK.

And just like that, you have an eye-catching underline that really packs a punch!