You can add your own or change the look of a line added with AutoCorrect. You’re not limited to the lines that Microsoft provides via AutoCorrect. Select the color you want from the pull-down list and then click on the borders you want the color change to apply. To change the line color, select the line then go to Home | Paragraph | Borders | Borders and Shading. Word doesn’t pick up the color of the three characters nor the paragraph as you might expect.
The automatic lines are always black (actually ‘Automatic’). Knowing that detail is useful when you’re fixing the extra lines that start appearing. Strictly, at the bottom of group of paragraphs with the same formatting. It’s just the double line style applied to the bottom line of the paragraph. Specifically, a bottom border line on the paragraph.įor example, here’s how an automatic double horizontal line appears in Paragraph | Borders and Shading It’s converting your dash/underscore/equals etc. That’s where confusion can begin if you’re trying to stop the lines appearing. Word isn’t making the lines by adding a lot more characters across the page. There are no options to select just some character/line combinations – it’s all or nothing. The automatic lines and all other AutoFormat options are controlled from Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect options | AutoFormat As You Type:īorder lines can be turned on/off from there. Stop Automatically Creating Border Lines – will turn off the AutoFormat | Border Lines option entirely.Ĭontrol AutoFormat Options … goes to the settings for AutoFormat as you type. The usual undo shortcut, Ctrl + Z, will do the same thing. Undo Border Line – changes back to the characters you typed. Whenever you automatically make a line, a small tooltip appears with some options. The three above are the best known but there are others. Underscores give you a bold horizontal lineĮquals gives you a double horizontal line For each one type the same character three times at the start of a new line then press Enter.įor example, press the dash key three times on a new line, then enter.
Draw horizontal line word 2013 how to#
Word has a set of AutoFormat shortcuts that make horizontal lines, here’s how they work, how to change them, color the lines and how to stop lines when they get out of control.
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