On 30/6/02 1:09 am, "Dan Frakes" wrote: > on 6/29/02 9:32 AM, Paul van den Hooven at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Just a simple question. In the quoted text I see �_not_� and >> �_without_�. Can someone tell me why there are these underscores? > > Since the message was in plain text, it's not possible to > underline/bold/italicize. It's generally accepted that when typing in plain > text, the underscore before and after a word like _this_ is read as that > word being underlined, while asterisks before and after like *this* is read > as bold or italics (basically, emphasis). > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
I always understood the convention was _underscore_, /italic/, *bold*, but MS Word's Autocorrect converts _this_ to italic and *this* to bold and does nothing at all with /this/. I guess we all have our own different conventions <g> -- Barry Wainwright <http://www.barryw.net/> Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts. -- Ruth Gordon -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
