Unwanted dotted balck line.

L

Linda

In a Word document when I have used *'s to make a line separating paragraphs, I get to the end of the line with the * and enter, a black dotted line appears instead. Then I can't get rid of it! Sometimes I can't even type below it. It will not delete off the document. Anyone else have this and what did you do?
Thanks, Linda
 
M

Margaret Aldis

Hi Linda

The line is a border that has been created because of an AutoFormat As You
Type option setting. For details of how to remove and prevent it happening
again see:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm
and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm

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Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

Linda said:
In a Word document when I have used *'s to make a line separating
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paragraphs, I get to the end of the line with the * and enter, a black
dotted line appears instead. Then I can't get rid of it! Sometimes I can't
even type below it. It will not delete off the document. Anyone else have
this and what did you do?
 
G

Greg Maxey

Linda,

Your Tools>AutoCorrect Options>AutoFormatAsYouType
settings has applied a paragraph border.

With cursor above the line, Format>Borders and
Shading>Borders and click the "None" panel.

Tools>Tools>AutoCorrect
Options>AutoFormatAsYouType>ApplyAsYouType, uncheck
borders as a minimum and recommend you uncheck all the
options.
-----Original Message-----
In a Word document when I have used *'s to make a line
Click to expand...
separating paragraphs, I get to the end of the line with
the * and enter, a black dotted line appears instead. Then
I can't get rid of it! Sometimes I can't even type below
it. It will not delete off the document. Anyone else have
this and what did you do?
 
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