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If you are using an external MText editor or a LISP application, you can use control characters to underline text. The syntax is \L and \l (= uppercase and lowercase "L") - e.g.:

Please \Lunderline\l this

Please underline this

NB: This will not work in the Internal MText editor.

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this tip shared by ARKANCE experts applies to: AutoCAD 2008 · AutoCAD 2000 · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Map 3D ·

See also:
Tip 14590:Why do some item numbers appear blue in my Inventor BOM?
Tip 14363:Yesterday's, tomorrow's, past or future date in the DWG drawing.
Tip 13426:Use of alternative units for arithmetic in dimensions (without square brackets).
Tip 8989:Control codes "%%" in text entities.
Tip 8640:Text formatting codes in MText objects.
Selected tip: Some characters are displayed garbled in an Inventor drawing.


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