# Quick Question about Text Styles

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [July 4, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188 "2006-07-04T19:12:36Z")
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### Author: ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188/1 "2006-07-04T19:12:36Z")

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How do you create the strikethrough and underline effects? I can’t seem to find the correct tags I need to get these styles.

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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: [July 4, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188/2 "2006-07-04T19:26:45Z")

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Strikethrough: [del]strikethrough[/del] = [del]strikethrough[/del]

Underline: underline = underline

Other codes [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode).

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### Author: ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188/3 "2006-07-04T23:34:08Z")

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Thanks!

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### Author: ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188/4 "2006-07-05T00:59:55Z")

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Otherwise, take Q.E.D.'s post and hit “Reply with Quote” to see his and anyone’s coding – though you need to know where the examples are to do this.

/S

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### Author: ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188/5 "2006-07-05T22:32:09Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Strikethrough: [del]strikethrough[/del] = [del]strikethrough[/del]
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> Underline: underline = underline
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> Other codes [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode).

test