In MS Word, what’s the difference between Ctrl + U and Ctrl + Shift + W?

Give up?

The answer is one little word: spaces.

Let me explain.

I’m sure you all know that Ctrl + U will underline text, spaces and all like this:

In contrast, the Ctrl + Shift + W will underline only the text, like this:

See how the spaces are not underlined?

There you have it, in a word, the difference is the spaces!

~ April