SOLVED! - Double Underline in Google Docs & Sheet – Simple Method

The double underline is widely used in accounting. You can also use this feature as per your convenience for making any suggestion or highlight anything. If you are using Google Docs, you sometimes have to double underline text; but you don’t know-how. This article is for you, and here we will discover ways to double underline in Google Docs. Compared to other popular applications, the procedure for double underlining text in Google docs is pretty easy, but it is hidden. Along with double underline, we will also find how to change underline color in Google docs.

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Way to double underline text in Google docs

Let’s see the steps required to double underline the text in Google docs.

1. First of all, by using (shift + -) command, you can do single underline any sentence by using your cursor only.
   

   Way to double underline text in Google docs

2. After a single underline, go to the Format menu and from there, select paragraph and lines option.
   

   Way to double underline text in Google docs

3. In ‘paragraph and line‘ option, select ‘border and shades‘
4. From border and shades, you can choose a horizontal double underline option.
5. The selected line will be double-underlined in Google docs.
6. You can also select any text by dragging your cursor over them.
7. After selecting texts, simply press ‘U’. Then your selected text will be underlined.
8. For double underlining, it follows the same above procedure, which is to go in Format and select Paragraphs and lines.

Ways to double underline in Google sheets

Here in Google sheet, no direct option for double underlining is given. But if you have to make double underline in Google sheet, a little trick is required. Here we will see it stepwise.

Steps for double underlining in Google sheets

1. First of all, you have to bottom underline any cell in Google sheets.
2. For bottom underlining, you will have to go in borders, and from there, select option for bottom underline.
3. Once your bottom is underlined, increase the width of that cell.
4. After increasing width, now one line will be there in the cell. i.e., bottom underline.
5. Now select the cell and go to the Font option.
6. From there, select underline, you will find your cell in Google sheets is double underlined.
   

   Steps for double underlining in Google sheets

Way to change underline color in Google Docs

In Google docs option for changing underline color is not given directly, so if you want to change underline color, you have to paste it from somewhere.

Normally for changing underline color in words, you can do it by clicking on the Font menu from there. Then you can select the color. However, in Google docs option for underline color is not given directly only tactics work.

Conclusion

Above we have discovered ways to double underline in Google docs. It was an easy one. We have easily done it by going in Format and paragraph from there. Double underline in Google sheet for the whole-cell option is not provided by Google yet, but we have discovered tactics to do so. For changing the color of underline in Google docs, we have discovered method, i.e., copy-pasting from Paint.

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