put a horizontal line it a document salgud <davegbel[ at ]comcast.net> 12/30/2008 4:23:44 PM Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in my docment. And... I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet another M$ Office dehancement! Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance.

Re: put a horizontal line it a document salgud <davegbel[ at ]comcast.net> 12/30/2008 4:51:57 PM On Dec 30, 9:23 am, salgud <daveg...[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a > horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use > the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in > my docment. And... > I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to > just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet > another M$ Office dehancement! > > Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document > without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance. Figured it out - have to draw the line outside the big box, and the box goes away.

Re: put a horizontal line it a document "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/30/2008 11:05:40 PM A more permanent solution is to clear the check box for "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes" on the General tab of Tools | Options. You can always insert a drawing canvas when needed using Insert | Picture | New Drawing. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "salgud" <davegbel[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message news:94bdb699-0b49-41dc-b4c5-580a4b9dae0e[ at ]g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com... On Dec 30, 9:23 am, salgud <daveg...[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a > horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use > the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in > my docment. And... > I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to > just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet > another M$ Office dehancement! > > Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document > without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance. Figured it out - have to draw the line outside the big box, and the box goes away.

Re: put a horizontal line it a document CyberTaz <onlygeneraltaz1[ at ]com.cast.net> 12/30/2008 11:28:51 PM An alternative to Suzanne's preferred solution is to leave the option set as is but once you select your drawing tool press the ESC key to dispense with the Canvas before drawing the shape/line. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 12/30/08 11:51 AM, in article 94bdb699-0b49-41dc-b4c5-580a4b9dae0e[ at ]g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com, "salgud" <davegbel[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Dec 30, 9:23 am, salgud <daveg...[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: >> Just got upgraded at work to Office 2003. I want to insert a >> horizontal line in a document. Tried to do like I've always done, use >> the Drawing toolbar, select the line drawing tool, and draw a line in >> my docment. And... >> I get a huge "Create your drawing here" box which won't allow me to >> just create a line. Guess I have to draw a house or something? Yet >> another M$ Office dehancement! >> >> Anyway, does anyone know if I can create a line in a Word document >> without typing in underscores? Thanks in advance. > > Figured it out - have to draw the line outside the big box, and the > box goes away.