How to Creating Strikethrough Text in Word for Beginners

Learning how to creating strikethrough text in word for beginners doesn't have to be complicated. This updated guide presents a clear workflow, practical checks, and troubleshooting advice you can use while completing the process.

How to Create Strikethrough Text

Step 1: Select (highlight) the text or paragraph that needs to be crossed out:

Step 2: Then, open the Home tab and select the Strikethrough icon:

And the result you will see the selected text has been crossed out;

Alternatively, you can do it another way: Open the Home tab -> click the arrow in Font.

The Font dialog box appears, you will see 2 options for strikethrough text:

+ Strikethrough: Create a strikethrough.

+ Double Strikethrough: Create 2 horizontal lines.

Suppose you want to select 2 horizontal lines, you do as shown below and can preview in Preview. Finally, you click OK:

Result when you select Double Strikethrough:

Remove Strikethrough in Word

- If you create a strikethrough by highlighting it and then going to the Home tab and clicking the Strikethrough icon, you can repeat the operation one more time to remove the strikethrough.

- If you open the Home tab -> click the arrow in Font, to remove the dash, you just need to uncheck the Strickethrough or Double Strickethrough box and it will be successful.

As you can see, the operation of creating strikethrough text in Word is very simple and almost anyone can do it. For those of you who are new to Word, this guide will be very useful and necessary for you to better understand this feature.

Final Thoughts

The most reliable way to handle creating strikethrough text in word for beginners is to follow the process in order, verify each important setting, and test the result before moving on. Use the guidance above as a practical reference, then adjust the details for your device, software version, or specific goal.