Word instantly formats items like quotes, bulleted as well as phoned number listings, and also straight lines. When you kind at the very least 3 dashes, underscores, or equivalent indicators in a paragraph on their own and press “Enter”, the personalities are immediately converted to a single, thick solitary, or double horizontal line, respectively.

This function can be a shortcut, other than when you want the real personalities in your paper and also not have actually Word transform them right into a straight line that extends the width of your file. There are a couple of approaches for either ruin or removing the straight line or protecting against Word from automatically producing it.

The very first approach is to press “Ctrl + Z” right after inputting the personalities and also pushing “Enter” to reverse the automatic development of the straight line. The line is removed and your personalities stay.

Nonetheless, undoing the production of the line whenever may not be sensible. You can get rid of the line later, yet you should understand how Word adds the horizontal line. When you push “Enter” at the end of the characters that Word changes with the line, Word removes the personalities as well as adds a bottom border to the paragraph just above the one where you entered the personalities.

To remove the line, position the arrow in the paragraph just above where the line was added. Ensure the “Home” tab is energetic. If not, click the “Home” tab on the ribbon.

In the “Paragraph” section of the “Home” tab, click the down arrow on the best side of the “Borders” button and also select “No Border” from the drop-down food selection. This eliminates the line from below the paragraph in which you positioned the arrow.

If you don’t wish to have to reverse the development of an automatic horizontal line each time it takes place, you can prevent it from taking place by turning off this feature. To do so, click the “File” tab.

On the backstage display, click “Options” in the listing of products left wing.

On the “Word Options” dialog box, click “Proofing” in the list of items left wing.

In the “AutoCorrect options” area, click the “AutoCorrect Options” button.

The “AutoCorrect” dialog box display screens. Click the “AutoFormat As You Type” tab.

In the “Apply as you kind” section, select the “Border lines” check box so there is NO check mark in the box. Click “OKAY” to approve the modification and also shut the “AutoCorrect” dialog box.

You are gone back to the “Word Options” dialog box. Click “ALRIGHT” to close it.

Now, when you kind 3 or more dashboards, underscores, or equal indications in a paragraph on their own and also press “Enter”, the personalities continue to be unmodified.

Along with producing horizontal lines from dashboards, highlights, as well as equivalent indicators, Word also develops automatic horizontal lines from a minimum of three asterisks (*), tildes (~), and also extra pound indicators (#). The adhering to image presents the various kinds of straight lines Word automatically creates.

If you wish to allow Word to instantly insert horizontal lines once more, just activate the “Border lines” option (a check mark must show in the check box).