How to create and delete horizontal lines on Word

While editing Word content, you'll need horizontal lines like a horizontal line, two horizontal lines that match when creating dots in Word. To create horizontal lines on Word there are many different ways to do simple things, instead of you sitting in a manual way, quite time consuming and unprofessional.

The following article will guide you how to create horizontal lines on Word and how to delete horizontal lines on Word.

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Instructions for creating horizontal lines on Word

Step 1:

If you want to create horizontal lines on Word, you can use the shortcut keys as instructed below.

1. Horizontal line in bold: press 3 underscores ___ and press Enter.
2. Double line: press 3 = = and then press Enter.
3. Triple line: press the three pound marks ### and press Enter.
4. Lines with square dots: press 3 asterisks *** and press Enter.
5. Zigzac line: press 3 tildes ~~~ and press Enter.

Step 2:

To delete horizontal lines on Word, we have a lot of different ways. For example, you can go to Page Layout and then click Page Borders .

Switch to the dialog box of Boders and shading dialog box, click on the Borders tab , then you will see the position of the horizontal line appear in the text. Click on that line and click OK.

Or you can refer to some ways to delete horizontal lines on Word in the article How to delete horizontal lines in Word.

In addition, readers can also refer to how to delete vertical lines that appear along the page in the article How to delete vertical lines in Word.

Very simple right ?! We can easily create lines in many different styles according to the content requirements, just by the shortcut keys. The erase of the horizontal is also very simple, like through the Border feature on Word.

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I wish you all success!