April 6th, 2008

Easily Add Horizontal Lines in Word 2007

by John Kolbert as Tutorial/How-To | Tags: ,

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.


4 Responses to “Easily Add Horizontal Lines in Word 2007”

  1. Paul Woods says:

    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

  2. John Kolbert says:

    @Paul: I don’t mind at all Paul. Glad you found it useful!

  3. Debra Yeung says:

    Hi John:

    Just been directed to this site.
    LOVE the tips, and I shamelessly intend on stealng the wonderful and creative ideas.

    OK, I will share with everyone what a wonderful resource this site is.

    Especially my students & clients.

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