When you want to emphasize a word or phrase, you can underline it. In Google Sheets, you can underline all text in a cell or range of cells or only specific terms.
Option #1: Underline all the text in a cell range
- Select the cell or a range of cells you want to highlight.
Select cell or cell ranges. - From the Format menu, hover over the Text option. From the sub-menu, choose Underline. Alternatively, press Ctrl + U (for Windows users) or Cmd + U (for macOS users).
Click on Format > Text > Underline. - You’ll notice the selected cells are underlined.
All text in the cell range is underlined.
Option #2: Underline only specific terms
- Double-click on the cell to enter edit mode.
Double-click on the cell. - Use your mouse to select or highlight the text you want to underline.
Highlight the text to underline. - From the Format menu, hover over the Text option. From the sub-menu, choose Underline. Alternatively, press Ctrl + U (for Windows users) or Cmd + U (for macOS users).
Click on Format > Text > Underline. The selected words are underlined.
Highlighted text is underlined.