Now simply click on the I icon in the formatting bar to toggle italics off, and click the U icon to toggle underlining on. Word may take a little time to process this command depending on the length of your document, but when it's finished all the italicized text in your document will be highlighted. (In older versions of Word, this option will be in the main pop-up menu, not in a submenu.) You should get an option in the resulting menu that says Select Text with Similar Formatting. Click the Styles option in the pop-up menu. Select an italicized word by double-clicking on it or by highlighting it with your mouse. (Other word processors may have similar features.) I should emphasize that this is an all-or-nothing proposition.įirst, find an instance of italics in your document. This technique will work in Microsoft Word 2010 and in a couple of the older versions of Word that I tested. It's a bit tricky, but there is a way to convert all the italics in your document to underlines. I need to change the titles of movies from italics to underlines.

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How to do italics in microsoft word