# How do I put a line through a word on this board's software?

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**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714 "2008-11-07T20:44:46Z")
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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714/1 "2008-11-07T20:44:46Z")

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How do I put a line through a word on this board’s software?

I’ve tried everything I can think of. considering what I’ve tried it’s probably  
[sausagebaloonmonkey]some words[/sausagebaloonmonkey]

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### Author: ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714/2 "2008-11-07T20:57:35Z")

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Use the [del] tag:

[del]test[/del]

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714/3 "2008-11-07T21:31:18Z")

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ah. Thanks.

[del]Testing Testing[/del]

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### Author: ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714/4 "2008-11-07T21:52:00Z")

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Could we have the sausage balloon monkey feature enabled?

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-put-a-line-through-a-word-on-this-boards-software/471714/5 "2008-11-07T22:27:19Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> I’ve tried everything I can think of.

Everything except clicking on the [BB code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) link at the bottom of every thread and reply page, it would seem.