WTH? Can't underline text!

Todd,

I read the entire Creative Cow discussion that you kindly provided the link to. It mentions 1 way to achieve the underline and spends pretty much the rest of the time telling us that we're uncouth and/or unprofessional for using an underline in the first place. {Hold the "don't get testy" or "don't get personal" as I am using hyperbole here only to emphasize my point} My only question to those telling us that it's unprofessional to use underlines is "What if the Customer wants an underline?"

As for Help on "draw a line"... You're no doubt ENTIRELY correct about the resources available online. This is my bad... I was referring to the program's built-in (F1) Help. Try searching for that exact phrase in the program's Help and you won't get a very useful response/answer.

I feel no responsibility to send you, or anyone, a "detailed account of every deficit..." of ANYTHING! As I mentioned above, I wasn't referring to the After Effects CS3 Help on the Web so have no opinion about that (I'm sure it's marvelous... really!). However, I sure as shootin' reserve the right to have and even state my OPINION about things I don't think are working as well as they could! I am not of the opinion that Adobe does everything right. Gosh, sorry!

In my initial question the only hostility was directed at the problem and the program, and potentially Adobe, NOT towards anyone on the forum. If I gave that impression then I apologize...

This message, I admit, IS somewhat hostile. That happens to me when I think someone is acting "holier than thou" and lecturing me on how to behave as if they're above such a thing.

Nonetheless... Thank you VERY much for your assistance. That is very much appreciated.

FWIW- I did manage a work-around, prior to reading your message, using "Write On" to draw the underlines after the word (actually words as it ended up) had settled down from its animation. It was frustrating and took far longer than one of y'all probably would've taken, but then I did admit that I'm a novice where AE is concerned.

In this thread on the Creative COW forum, we talked about why this feature doesn't exist as a character style in After Effects:

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/915076

That same thread also describes some ways to achieve the underlining result.

> a truly horrific "Help" system that isn't apparently capable
> of finding the subject "draw a line"

I get a lot of results for that search when I use the Community Help link at the top of this forum:

http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?q=draw+line&x=0&y=0&lbl=aftereffects_product_adobelr

One of the search results is to a section in the "Drawing and painting" chapter of After Effects Help on the Web. I'd start there.

Horrific? Really? Please send me a detailed account of every deficit that you encounter in After Effects CS3 Help on the Web. You can leave a comment at the bottom of any page.

To submit feature requests, fill out this form:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Please, keep the hostility to a minimum on this forum. Doing so will, at the least, make it more likely that we will help you.