Last Modified: March 04, 1985
Article: TA29288
Old Article: 120

Whenever a word to be underlined is the first word in a line, a problem occurs
if the previous line ends exactly at the rightmost margin: the backslash to
start underlining is ignored, and underlining begins instead at the next
backslash--the one that should mark the END of the underline. To work around
this problem, alter the text before the first backslash to prevent the
previous line from ending exactly at the right margin.

A problem also occurs if the word or phrase to be underlined has a period or
comma right after it.  Remember that the backslash that toggles underlining
generates a space--so if you type

    \\Underline this phrase\\, but not this one...

you'll end up with a space before the comma. The only way to prevent this
problem is to type

    \\Underline this phrase,\\ but not this one...

which, unfortunately, underlines the comma too.