How do I erase a horizontal line in Word?

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Lindsay - 06 Jul 2006 17:10 GMT

I inserted a line in Word text by hitting hyphen sevral times and then Enter.
Now I can't erase the line.

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ChrisM - 06 Jul 2006 17:16 GMT

Hi Lindsay,

What word has actually done is put a border at the bottom of the paragraph
to give you the line.
Put the cursor immediatly above the line,
and do (from the menu)
Format -> Borders and Shading.

Select 'None' as the type of border and press OK.

Note this is for Word2000, another version might be slightly different, but
the principle will be the same...

;-)

Cheers,

Chris.

>I inserted a line in Word text by hitting hyphen sevral times and then
>Enter.
> Now I can't erase the line.

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JoAnn Paules [MVP] - 06 Jul 2006 17:23 GMT

Put your cursor on the paragraph above the line. Look in Format - Borders
and Shading.

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>I inserted a line in Word text by hitting hyphen sevral times and then
>Enter.
> Now I can't erase the line.

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Charles Kenyon - 06 Jul 2006 17:25 GMT

From the FAQ:

12. How can I get rid of that weird line that appears
magically?
http://addbalance.com/word/borders.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

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>I inserted a line in Word text by hitting hyphen sevral times and then
>Enter.
> Now I can't erase the line.

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