The Oxford English Dictionary defines a factoid as a brief or trivial item of news or information and as an item of unreliable information that is repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. The term was coined by American writer Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe.
If you do not see it, click the Window menu, then click Character to open it. Click the âUnderlineâ button, symbolized by a âTâ with an underline, second from the right in the row of buttons. Related Reading: How to Underline Text In Word 2007.Step 3. Click the Type icon, symbolized by a âT,â on the Tools pane.tep 3. Check the right side of the workspace for the Character pane. If you do not see it, click the Window menu, then click Character to open it. Step 4. Click the âUnderlineâ button, symbolized by a âTâ with an underline, second from the right in the row of buttons on the Character pane.
Remember that people used to type their work or write it longhand. When titles needed to be italicized, italics were represented by underlining. These days, many people avoid underlining to minimize confusion between words that are underlined and hyperlinks. 1) Underlining and italics serve the same purpose. Never do both. Do NOT use quotation marks, underline, or italics together. 2) For any work that stands on its own, you should use italics or underline. (Stories or chapters from within a book are considered PARTS of the book.) 3) A work that is part of a larger work goes in quotation marks.