persistent divider line of unknown origin

[mrdth.girard]

Hello. I have managed to create a horizontal line in my OfficeMac
document that I can not get rid of. It started out as a centered line
of 10 dashes used as a divider between paragraphs. I pressed return
and ended up with a wavy line that crosses the entire page and which I
can not highlight nor delete. My search of the help section on
dividers has not been helpful. Suggestions?

 

[mrdth.girard]

Hello.  I have managed to create a horizontal line in my OfficeMac
document that I can not get rid of.  It started out as a centered line
of 10 dashes used as a divider between paragraphs.  I pressed return
and ended up with a wavy line that crosses the entire page and which I
can not highlight nor delete. My search of the help section on
dividers has not been helpful. Suggestions?

BTW... I'm using Version 2004 on my Macbook running Leopard.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Hello. I have managed to create a horizontal line in my OfficeMac
document that I can not get rid of. It started out as a centered line
of 10 dashes used as a divider between paragraphs. I pressed return
and ended up with a wavy line that crosses the entire page and which I
can not highlight nor delete. My search of the help section on
dividers has not been helpful. Suggestions?

You probably had the Tools/AutoCorrect/AutoFormat as you type/Borders
checkbox checked. Per Help ("Autoformat as you type options"):

Automatically applies character and paragraph border
styles. If you type three or more hyphens (-), underscore
characters (_), or equals signs (=), Microsoft Word
applies a single or double-line border style.

It also works for at least some other characters.

You can remove it by selecting the paragraph and clearing the border.

 

[mrdth.girard]

You probably had the Tools/AutoCorrect/AutoFormat as you type/Borders
checkbox checked. Per Help ("Autoformat as you type options"):

   Automatically applies character and paragraph border
   styles. If you type three or more hyphens (-), underscore
   characters (_), or equals signs (=), Microsoft Word
   applies a single or double-line border style.

It also works for at least some other characters.

You can remove it by selecting the paragraph and clearing the border.

Fantastic! That did the trick. Thank you very much.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Fantastic! That did the trick. Thank you very much.

Hello Meredith,

If you are now looking at how to put in a decent horizontal line... ;-)

With the insertion point in a blank paragraph, choose Insert menu =>
Horizontal line.

Select the line and the paragraph mark.

Create an AutoText item (see Help) titled, say, "hl".

Then all you do when you want a line inserted is to type "hl" in a blank
paragraph then Command-Option-v then Return.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[mrdth.girard]

Hello Meredith,

If you are now looking at how to put in a decent horizontal line...  ;-)

With the insertion point in a blank paragraph, choose Insert menu =>
Horizontal line.

Select the line and the paragraph mark.

Create an AutoText item (see Help) titled, say, "hl".

Then all you do when you want a line inserted is to type "hl" in a blank
paragraph then Command-Option-v then Return.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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Thank you! That's quite a nifty trick to know. I've added it to my
repertoire of clever shortcuts, Regards, meredith

 

[Clive Huggan]

Thank you! That's quite a nifty trick to know. I've added it to my
repertoire of clever shortcuts, Regards, meredith

A dangerous habit, that, Meredith!

Five years ago I started compiling notes and now they are 200 pages long!
(Some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your
Will", which are available as a free download from the Word MVPs' website,
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html). Mercifully they are
dictionary-style, not novel-style. ;-)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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