a line with an arbitrary length

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Tony Young

Hi,

I want to write a line about 3 dash lines long. If I press the dash key
3 times, the line is broken into 3 pieces. That is, they are not
connected. Is there a way to draw a line with an arbitrary length?
Please advise. Thanks.

Tony
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The three-em line prescribed for bibliographies is difficult to achieve in
some fonts, which has discontinuous em dashes. In such cases you can either
substitute a font with connected dashes (such as Times New Roman) or select
the three dashes you've inserted, go to Format | Font: Character Spacing,
and condense the spacing until they become continuous.
 
J

Jezebel

You can use the line tool from the drawing menu, or press tab and set a line
leader tab stop. Trying to create graphic effects by repeating a character
is nearly always a poor method.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Unless you're trying to create a 3-em dash rather than a "graphic effect."
 
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