how to remove the line from ms word document?

Question

In my text file, I used "---------" line to make a speration of paragraph. After hit the enter button it's automatically formed a line, and I could not be able to delete this line. Please help how to remove this line? thanks.

Answer 1

Microsoft Word thought you wanted to create a line, so it did so for you.



In Word versions prior to Word 2007



1. On the menu bar, click the button that looks like this: ¶

2. This will display dots where spaces were, and left-arrows where any tabs were. More importantly, it will display a paragraph mark (¶) at the end of every paragraph.

3. Select the one on the line you want to delete.

4. Click the Format->Borders and Shading menu item.

5. Click the box that says "None."

6. Click OK.



In Word 2007



1. On the Home tab of the Ribbon, click the ¶ button to display paragraph marks (¶s).

2. Select the paragraph mark above the line you want to delete.

3. In the Home/Paragraph section of the Ribbon, click the Borders and Shading list box button and select No Border.



That should do it.

Answer 2

It turned it into a bottom border of the paragrah.

Simply turn off the border.



To turn off the border in Word 2003 and older, go to the Format menu > Borders and Shading > Borders tab. You should see a highlighted icon of a grid outline with a solid line at the bottom representing the bottom border. Just click on that icon to turn it off.



In Word 2007, go to the Home tab, in the Paragrah section, the far right bottom corner is the border function. Click on the down triangle to open the menu and select "No Border".

Answer 3

Select all (using CTRL + A), then create a new Word document (using (CTRL + N), then .. in the new document created, paste the text as Unformatted Text ( Edit -> Paste Special -> Unformatted Text : OK ). Now you should have the unformatted text and be able to remove the line (if it still exists)

Answer 4

If you roll your mouse over the line a lightning bolt (or the auto corrections symbol) shows up. Click on the arrow pointing down & click "undo border line" the line will turn back to "------" and you can backspace the whole thing/ leave it as "----"



Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Just click on it and press del button

Answer 6

use editplus