How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word
This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a border line in Microsoft Word that you may have inadvertently created by typing three hyphens (-), underscores (_), equal signs (=), or asterisks (*), and pressing 'return.' Click in the row...
Method 1 of 3:
Highlighting and Deleting
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Click in the row immediately above the unwanted line. If there is any text immediately above the line, select the entire row above the line. -
Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Press delete. In many versions of Word, doing so will remove the line.
Method 2 of 3:
Using the Home Tab Shortcut
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Click in the row immediately above the unwanted line. If there is any text immediately above the line, select the entire row above the line. -
Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Click the Home tab at the top of the screen. -
Click the "Borders and Shading" icon. It's a square divided into four panes in the "Paragraph" section of the ribbon. -
Click No Borders. The border line will disappear.
Method 3 of 3:
Using the Page Borders Dialog
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Click in the row immediately above the unwanted line. If there is any text immediately above the line, select the entire row above the line. -
Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Click the Design tab at the top of the window. -
Click Page Borders in the upper-right corner of the window. -
Click the Borders tab at the top of the dialog box. -
Click None in the left pane. -
Click OK. The border line will disappear.
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Update 05 March 2020
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