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Changing the section title style for an article document type

I'm trying to undeline the title of a set of subsections in my document. In order to achieve it, I have defined a new environment that encapsulates the format of this subsection.

My problem is that I can not achieve to underline the text of the title of the subsection. I don't want to use the package sectsty because if I do this I have conflicts with other definitions done using the titlesec package.

\newenvironment{UnderlineSubSection}{  
    \titleformat{\subsection}  
    {\normalfont\sffamily\bfseries\color{cyan}}  
    {\thesection}{1em}{}  
}{}
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  • Welcome to TeX.sx! A tip: If you indent lines by 4 spaces, they'll be marked as a code sample. You can also highlight the code and click the "code" button (with "{}" on it). – Thorsten Aug 22 '12 at 13:28
  • Please think twice about this. Underlining is really ugly. – mrf Aug 22 '12 at 13:32
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    Load for example the ulem package and add \uline to the last argument (i.e the one after {1em}) of \titleformat. – cgnieder Aug 22 '12 at 13:36
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    @user17888 Good typography (see Bringhurst) recommend to use italic, not underline. Underline was used in manuscripts typed on a typewriter to indicate for the printing house that the text should be set in italic. So only use underlining if your boss sacks you if you are not using it. – Sveinung Aug 22 '12 at 15:01

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define it as a command, just as the default subsection. Instead of package soul you can use ulem alternetively

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage{soul}

\makeatletter
\def\UnderlineSubSection{\@ifnextchar*\UnderlineSubSection@i\UnderlineSubSection@ii}
\def\UnderlineSubSection@i*#1{\subsection*{\ul{#1}}}
\def\UnderlineSubSection@ii{\@ifnextchar[\UnderlineSubSection@iii\UnderlineSubSection@iv}
\def\UnderlineSubSection@iii[#1]#2{\subsection[#1]{\ul{#2}}}
\def\UnderlineSubSection@iv#1{\subsection{\ul{#1}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}  

\tableofcontents

\section{foo}
\subsection{foo}
\UnderlineSubSection{baz}
\UnderlineSubSection*{foobar}
\UnderlineSubSection[foobarbaz]{foo\_bar\_baz}

\end{document}

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  • @user17888 please consider accepting Herbert's answer (by clicking on the check-mark to the left of the answer, below its vote count). – Gonzalo Medina Aug 22 '12 at 22:16