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Formatting Horizontal Lines

Anonymous
2024-12-18T19:57:08+00:00

Hello. I am currently updating a resume and trying to use Horizontal Lines to separate areas of experience. Within each area are a series of bullets. However, when I complete the bullets, go to the next line, and then try to add the Horizontal Line, the Horizontal Line follows the indentation of the bullets above it. I want the Horizontal Line to start with zero indentation. I have tried adding Line breaks and section breaks, but I cannot get the two indentations to unlink. Is there a way to do so?

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  1. Charles Kenyon 166.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-18T20:17:52+00:00

    This is more complicated than you would think!

    This is a a combination of at least three Word features:

    • Bullets (and numbering) - lists
    • Paragraph Formatting
    • Borders

    The simplest method is going to be to go to the paragraph before the last horizontal rule and copy and paste that format to where you want it.

    Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the format, move to where you want it, and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste. (or use Format Painter on Home tab).

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T20:09:23+00:00

    Not sure what you mean by "add the horizontal line."

    You can type your first area and bullets

    Then for the second area you can apply a top border to the paragraph and press enter. Remove the border from the new paragraph and begin your bullets.

    Repeat

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-19T01:46:13+00:00

    Thank you. I was trying to add horizontal lines using the _ _ _ ENTER function. Once I started to enter them as a border, I was able to get them to function how I wanted.

    I appreciate the help.

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