In this article I’ve provided an example on how you can get the current underline style used in a cell. When the user presses the Run button the program loops through the cells in row 1. In row 2 the type of underline used is printed.

There are 4 different types of underlines:

• Single
• Double
• Single Accounting
• Double Accounting

For more information about the different underline types and their associate VBA code please see Excel VBA, Underline Font Style.

You can download the code and file related to this article here.

In the figure below there is some text written in row 1:

In the figure below the user has changed the underline style for the cells in row 1. After pressing the Run button:

The program uses a Button_Click event handler. The event handler executes when the user presses the run button:

'executes when the user presses the run button
Private Sub btnRun_Click()
Dim i As Integer
'loops through the cells in row 1
For i = 1 To 5
    'checks if there is no underline style
    If Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
    = xlNone Then
        Cells(2, i) = "None"
    'checks if the Single underline style is used
    ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
    = xlSingle Then
        Cells(2, i) = "Single"
    'checks if the Double underline style is used
    ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
    = xlDouble Then
        Cells(2, i) = "Double"
    'checks if the Single Accounting underline style is used
    ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
    = xlSingleAccounting Then
        Cells(2, i) = "Single Accounting"
    'checks if the Double Accounting underline style is used
    ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
    = xlDoubleAccounting Then
        Cells(2, i) = "Double Accounting"
    End If
Next i
End Sub


The event handler loops through the cells in row 1:

For i = 1 To 5
...
Next i


The If statement below checks if the cell is without the underline font style:

If Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
= xlNone Then
    Cells(2, i) = "None"

The If statement below checks if the cell is using the Single underline font style:

ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
= xlSingle Then
    Cells(2, i) = "Single"

The If statement below checks if the cell is using the Double underline font style:

ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
= xlDouble Then
    Cells(2, i) = "Double"

The If statement below checks if the cell is using the Single Accounting underline font style:

ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
= xlSingleAccounting Then
    Cells(2, i) = "Single Accounting"

The If statement below checks if the cell is using the Double Accounting underline font style:

ElseIf Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(1, i)).Font.Underline _
= xlDoubleAccounting Then
    Cells(2, i) = "Double Accounting"

You can download the code and file related to this article here.

See also:

• VBA Excel Font Formatting
• Excel VBA Set Underline (Sample Code + Download)
• Excel VBA, Formatting Cells and Ranges Using the Macro Recorder

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