How do I set a signature line without the bold X plus Underline?

[Jay Freedman]

Don't use the brain-dead "Signature Line" button on the Insert ribbon,
because that always inserts the big X. Instead, use the line tool on
the Shapes button, or any of several other suggestions you'll find at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I believe it has come up before that users of the Signature Line building
block liked the dialog that allows them to type in the signer's name and
other information. Needless to say, this is just as easily typed in the
document itself. Moreover, unless it's one of those legal forms that
requires a signature in multiple places, a signature line is not really
necessary (and certainly not very attractive: in standard business letters
it is traditional just to leave a large space between the complimentary
close and the typed signature.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org