any hack to create an underline several points below text

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I'm creating in Word a heading style that has an underline well below the
text. I can't use borders because that underlines to the end of the
paragraph. My hack is to use a style in the next paragraph that has a white
font and a black undeline. I then duplicate the heading text and apply this
style which gives an underline of the right length. Does anyone have anything
less cumbersome?

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi Citro,

You could put the headings in a one-cell table set to "AutoFit to content".
Maybe a table style would be easier to use than choosing the proper settings each time (left and right cell padding = 0; cell or table border below...).

But Document Map and Outline view then won't pick up the headings.
So maybe your current solution is better?

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Would a frame work?
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might try an { EQ \x \bo } field to put a border under the selected
text. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm for the general
idea.

Another technique I've used with headings is to apply a bottom border and
drag the indents for each individual heading paragraph to just the edges of
the text.

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[Klaus Linke]

Great idea! Why didn't I think of that??

Klaus

Would a frame work?
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