How To Underline In Google Docs

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How To Underline In Google Docs

This Google Docs tutorial will discuss how to underline in Google Docs.

How To Underline In Google Docs

Well, it’s quite easy to underline in Google Docs. We will discuss here the best approaches to underline in Google Docs.

Check out the below Video tutorial on the steps to underline in Google Docs

Approach-1: Using the Format option

Follow the below 2 steps to underline in Google Docs.

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the text you want to underline.
  2. Click on the Format menu –>Choose Text –>Select the Underline option as shown below.
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Approach-2: Using keyboard shortcuts

Another simple approach to underline the text is by using keyboard shortcuts. Follow the below instructions.

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the text you want to underline.
  2. Press Ctrl + U keyboard shortcuts to underline the text in Google Docs.

Approach-3: Using the Bottom Border

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the text you want to underline.
  2. Click on the Format menu –> Choose Paragraph styles –> Select the Borders and Shading option.
how to underline text in google docs

3. Select the Bottom border option on the Borders and Shading window and click the Apply button.

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This is How do you make an underline in Google Docs?.

How do you underline text in Google Docs on Android?

Well, it’s very simple to underline text in Google Docs on Android. Follow the below steps.

  1. Open the Docs app on your Android device.
  2. Open any of the Google Docs documents and tap on the Pencil icon to edit or tap the + icon to create a new empty document.
  3. Select the text that you want to underline.
  4. Tap the underline (U with underline) option from the keyboard to underline the text.
How do you underline text in Google Docs on Android

FAQs

How do you change the underline in Google Docs?

Well, if you want to change the underline in Google Docs, you can follow the below steps

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the underlined text.
  2. Click on the Format menu –> Selec Underline again to remove the underline, and then Select the Bold or Italic option if you want to change the text to bold or Italic.
How do you change the underline in Google Docs

How to remove underline in Google Docs

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the text that is already underlined.
  2. Click on the Format menu –> Selec Underline (U shape with underline) again to remove the underline.
How do you change the underline in Google Docs

How do you color underline in Google Docs?

There is no such feature that Google Docs is providing as of now. The underline color will change based on the text color you choose.

To change the text color, select the text with underline –> click on the Text color icon and choose the color you want.

how to change the underline color in google docs

Another point here is changing the border under the text color is possible. Though it’s not a very clean approach, it might help you at a certain point.

  1. Open the Google Docs document and select the text.
  2. Click on the Format menu –> Choose Paragraph styles –> Select the Borders and Shading option.
How do you underline red in Google Docs?

3. On the Borders and shading window, select the Bottom border option and choose the Border color based on your requirements.

How to color underline in Google Docs?

4. Finally click on the Apply button to apply the changes.

5. Now, you can see the bottom border color has been changed to red color.

How to color underline Google Docs

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Conclusion

And that’s it! Following the above instructions, it’s much easier to underline in Google Docs. As part of the article, we have discussed the below topics. I hope you have enjoyed this article !!!