Using The Accounting Format
 to Underline Labels

The accounting format is useful in financial spreadsheets because it allows the user to create single and double underlines that do not change with the size of the number in the cell and are always just a little narrower than the cell. 

 
Example of Underlines with the Accounting Format

The accounting format can also have a very favorable affect on labels you are trying to underline, especially when those labels are centered across multiple cells. 

 
Using the Accounting Format to Control Underlining of Centered Labels

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