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MS Word - remove lines
Phillip Moormann 12/30/2008 8:44:50 PM
I have a line in my document that I cannot remove. I tried removing paragraph
bottom margins per instructions and also went to the links at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm and followed those
suggestions as well - all to no avail. The line does not delete nor seem to
move.
Re: MS Word - remove lines
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/30/2008 11:25:06 PM
Can you select it at all? If not, perhaps it is a line anchored to (or a
border applied to) the header or footer? Or a drawing line formatted as
Behind Text? If the former, View | Header and Footer to access it. If the
latter, display the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select Objects tool,
which allows you to select drawing objects without touching the text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Phillip Moormann" <Phillip Moormann[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:6609C0B2-80D7-461B-85A1-C82B46066F72[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
>I have a line in my document that I cannot remove. I tried removing
>paragraph
> bottom margins per instructions and also went to the links at
> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm and followed
> those
> suggestions as well - all to no avail. The line does not delete nor seem
> to
> move.
>


Re: MS Word - remove lines
Phillip Moormann 12/31/2008 2:27:01 PM
Thanks for your very quick response.

(1) No I can not select it at all
(2) A line anchored to header/footer. I checked the header area and found
nothing there.
(3) A drawing line formatted as Behind text. I am using the latest version
of WORD and am still groping my way around the menu system - where do I find
the Drawing toolbar?

By the way, the line appears after the first paragraph - not in the header
or footer areas.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Can you select it at all? If not, perhaps it is a line anchored to (or a
> border applied to) the header or footer? Or a drawing line formatted as
> Behind Text? If the former, View | Header and Footer to access it. If the
> latter, display the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select Objects tool,
> which allows you to select drawing objects without touching the text.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Phillip Moormann" <Phillip Moormann[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:6609C0B2-80D7-461B-85A1-C82B46066F72[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >I have a line in my document that I cannot remove. I tried removing
> >paragraph
> > bottom margins per instructions and also went to the links at
> > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm and followed
> > those
> > suggestions as well - all to no avail. The line does not delete nor seem
> > to
> > move.
> >
>
>
>
Re: MS Word - remove lines
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/31/2008 4:28:26 PM
A line anchored to the header or footer can appear anywhere on the page (see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm). In Word 2007, the
Drawing Tools tab doesn't appear unless a drawing object is selected;
luckily, however, the Select Objects button appears on the far right end of
the Home tab (in the Editing group).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Phillip Moormann" <PhillipMoormann[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2CA1D9AA-21EA-44FB-A656-95B8DE7378A1[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Thanks for your very quick response.
>
> (1) No I can not select it at all
> (2) A line anchored to header/footer. I checked the header area and found
> nothing there.
> (3) A drawing line formatted as Behind text. I am using the latest version
> of WORD and am still groping my way around the menu system - where do I
> find
> the Drawing toolbar?
>
> By the way, the line appears after the first paragraph - not in the header
> or footer areas.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Can you select it at all? If not, perhaps it is a line anchored to (or a
>> border applied to) the header or footer? Or a drawing line formatted as
>> Behind Text? If the former, View | Header and Footer to access it. If the
>> latter, display the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select Objects tool,
>> which allows you to select drawing objects without touching the text.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Phillip Moormann" <Phillip Moormann[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:6609C0B2-80D7-461B-85A1-C82B46066F72[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >I have a line in my document that I cannot remove. I tried removing
>> >paragraph
>> > bottom margins per instructions and also went to the links at
>> > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm and followed
>> > those
>> > suggestions as well - all to no avail. The line does not delete nor
>> > seem
>> > to
>> > move.
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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