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In a future article, I’ll show you how to add a vertical line to a document. Adding a vertical line will do the same thing. Stay tunedĪdding a horizontal line can provide a visual line of demarcation between two sections.
The line responds similar to a child’s seesaw, as though the line were centered on a fulcrum, but only at first because you can drag the point a full 360 degrees. If you want both points to move, hold down the Ctrl key while you move one point or the other. The point you aren’t moving will remain anchored to its position. Either end point can be adjusted to be above or below the other point by dragging either point up or down. To insert a straight line, hold down the Shift key.
How do you get rid of it? Click anywhere inside the textual paragraph and then click the Borders dropdown. Once a line is anchored to text as a border, you can’t select and remove the line. If there’s a blank line between the text and the hyphen-generated line, the line stands alone. If you move the text, the line goes with it. If you enter the three hyphens directly under a line of text, Word will attach a border to the text (paragraph). It’s actually a border and not a shape (which we’ll discuss briefly below). Word converts your set of three characters into a paragraph format. To learn more about the AutoCorrect feature, read Harness the power of Word’s AutoCorrect feature Sticky border problem A few formatting options are available simply double-click the line to see what’s available. To remove the line, select it and press Delete.
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I’m using Office 365 Word (desktop) on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use an older version of Word. How to create a fun Fly In effect in PowerPoint Learn advanced Excel skills for less than $35 In this article, I’ll show you how to insert lines using both methods. There are several keyboard shortcuts and a built-in feature that lets you add a predefined line that you can copy, move, slant, and delete. Most of you already know that you can quickly add a horizontal line to a Word document by typing three hyphens and pressing Enter–but there’s more. There's not one, but two easy ways to insert a horizontal line into a Word document. How to add horizontal lines to a Word 2016 document