Prevent line of asterisks from turning into a bullet line?

[Rick]

I often type a line of 20 or so asterisks to act as an informal
section divider in my text. As soon as I hit Enter, though, Word 2007
turns it into a line of bullets. How can I prevent that? Thanks.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Click the Office button, and then click Word Options. In the Proofing
category, click the AutoCorrect Options button. On the AutoFormat As You
Type tab, clear the "Border lines" option. You may also want to clear
"Automatic bulleted list" and "Automatic numbered lists" options. When you
are done, click OK twice.

 

[Mark Forstater]

A. How do I stop creating these? B. How do I delete the horizontal lines that I have created in error? I am using the latest office program creating docx files.

 

[Mark Forstater]

Iam using the latest version of Word. How can I stop these horizontal lines from being created and how can I delete the ones that I now have?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the previous answer doesn't do it for you, then read
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm. The only update
for Word 2010 is that you get to the AutoCorrect Options through File |
Options | Proofing.

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