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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Picture 1 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word 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. -
Picture 2 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Picture 3 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word 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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Picture 4 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word 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. -
Picture 5 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Picture 6 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click the Home tab at the top of the screen. -
Picture 7 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click the "Borders and Shading" icon. It's a square divided into four panes in the "Paragraph" section of the ribbon. -
Picture 8 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click No Borders. The border line will disappear.
Method 3 of 3:
Using the Page Borders Dialog
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Picture 9 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word 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. -
Picture 10 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Drag the cursor to the row immediately below the unwanted line. The left end of the line will be highlighted. -
Picture 11 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click the Design tab at the top of the window. -
Picture 12 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click Page Borders in the upper-right corner of the window. -
Picture 13 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click the Borders tab at the top of the dialog box. -
Picture 14 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click None in the left pane. -
Picture 15 of How to Get Rid of a Horizontal Line in Microsoft Word Click OK. The border line will disappear.
Update 05 March 2020
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