put a horizontal line it a document

[salgud]

Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a
horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use
the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in
my docment. And...
I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to
just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet
another M$ Office dehancement!

Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document
without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance.

 

[salgud]

Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a
horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use
the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in
my docment. And...
I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to
just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet
another M$ Office dehancement!

Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document
without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance.

Figured it out - have to draw the line outside the big box, and the
box goes away.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A more permanent solution is to clear the check box for "Automatically
create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes" on the General tab of Tools
| Options. You can always insert a drawing canvas when needed using Insert |
Picture | New Drawing.

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

Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a
horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use
the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in
my docment. And...
I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to
just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet
another M$ Office dehancement!

Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document
without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance.

Figured it out - have to draw the line outside the big box, and the
box goes away.

 

[CyberTaz]

An alternative to Suzanne's preferred solution is to leave the option set as
is but once you select your drawing tool press the ESC key to dispense with
the Canvas before drawing the shape/line.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac