Easily Add Horizontal Lines in Word 2007
Earlier today I was writing a paper in Microsoft’s Word (part of the Office 2007 suite) and I needed to insert a horizontal line that spanned left margin to right margin. While trying to figure this out I came across this simple trick. To add a basic horizontal line simply type three consecutive dashes followed immediately by the return key. Word interprets this as a horizontal line. There are several other combinations that work, as you can see in the image below. In each case it is three symbols then press return! Nice and easy.
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This article was written by John Kolbert on April 6, 2008 and filed as Tutorial/How-To. Get the latest articles by subscribing to the RSS feed. This article, including images and attachments, is property of John Kolbert and is not to be republished or translated without prior written permission.
Hi John,
Just stumbled across this Word 2007… hope you don’t mind I shared it with the readers over at my Office 2007 tips and tricks site - with full kudos to you of course!
Cheers,
Paul W
@Paul: I don’t mind at all Paul. Glad you found it useful!