Removing horizontal lines

Question

My question isn't really complex. When you create a horizontal line with three dashes, how do you get rid of the line that forms if you've saved and quit from Word? This is Word 2007.

Answer 1

See the article "There is a line in my document that I can't delete because I can't select it. How did it get there, and what can I do about it?” at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

Answer 2

That is not correct!  Nor is it the first time that you have given this erroneous response to this issue.

The line that is created by typing 3 dashes and then pressing the Enter key is a paragraph border and can only be removed by placing the selection in the paragraph immediately above the line and then use the Border and Shading pull-down in the Paragraph section of the Home tab of the ribbon and click on the No Borders icon.

Answer 3

In Word 2010:

Place the cursor in the vicinity of the line to be removed.

Go to the Home tab.

Click the "bottom border" icon in the Paragraph section (the icon looks like a window, or four squares, drawn with dotted lines).  (Click the arrow beside this icon, to open a drop-down menu.) The bottom border icon is the last item on the toolbar above where it says "Paragraph".

From the drop-down menu, choose the option "No borders" (usually the fifth item in the list).

If it doesn't work right away, repeat until successful.

Answer 4

Rubbish. Do you think Word users are so stupid that they didn't try using the delete button?

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/cantgetridofline.htm

Answer 5

Highlight the line and hit the DEL key.

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Thanks.