Deleting invasive lines from text

[Cholla]

In my current long text I'm having trouble with
poltergeist lines (margin to margin). The original line
apparently was generated spontaneously when to mark a
temporary hiatus in the text I entered a short series of
dashes and hit ENTER. Suddenly I had a cross-page line
instead of the two-or-so inches of dashes I had typed.
When I later filled in the missing text, nothing I could
think to do would delete it. The blasted thing seems to
be indestructible: vanishes and reappears; moves;
multiplies. Someone PLEASE HELP!

 

[Jezebel]

Select the paragraph above the line, go to Format > Borders and Shading,
switch off the border.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

....and to prevent the poltergeist lines from reappearing every time you
type three dashes, click on Tools | Autocorrect Options | Autoformat as
You Type | uncheck the "Border lines" box | OK.

 

[Jezebel]

or avoid typing three dashes

...and to prevent the poltergeist lines from reappearing every time you
type three dashes, click on Tools | Autocorrect Options | Autoformat as
You Type | uncheck the "Border lines" box | OK.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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