How do I delete this dotted line?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Bob Boudewyns
  • Start date Start date
B

Bob Boudewyns

Friends, a dotted line has appeared in my text. It acts kind of like a
graphic, but I can't select it or delete it. I think it was inserted when I
entered several periods in succession on a line. I can see this would be
useful sometimes, but I don't want it now. How can I delete it?
 
It's a border - format borders & shading.
You can cancel the action at the time with CTRL+Z or disable it from tools >
autocorrect > autoformat as you type.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
 
Hey, Graham and Jay! Thanks for your fast and useful responses!

--

Bob Boudewyns
(e-mail address removed)


| Friends, a dotted line has appeared in my text. It acts kind of like a
| graphic, but I can't select it or delete it. I think it was inserted when
I
| entered several periods in succession on a line. I can see this would be
| useful sometimes, but I don't want it now. How can I delete it?
|
| --
|
| Bob Boudewyns
| (e-mail address removed)
|
|
|
 
As well, if you go to View > Normal, you can see these things there, and
delete them.

Rob
 
No, you can't. In normal view you can delete manual page breaks which
display as dotted lines, but that isn't the subject of this post.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
It wouldn't work if the dotted line were a border, which is what the OP was
asking about.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
1/put the mouse above the dotted line
2/go to page layout
3/go to page border
4/go to border
5/go to setting chose none
6/at style option chose the last line then click ok
if ur problem still exist send me email and i ll send u more graphs
Bob Boudewyns said:
Friends, a dotted line has appeared in my text. It acts kind of like a
graphic, but I can't select it or delete it. I think it was inserted when I
entered several periods in succession on a line. I can see this would be
useful sometimes, but I don't want it now. How can I delete it?

--

Bob Boudewyns
(e-mail address removed)
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Eliminate solid line 1
Stop double-lines 1
Can't delete dotted line; apparently a page break 3
what is a line of square dots in text, won't select or delete? 2
How to identify and remove dotted line. 4
Word Removing unwanted "lines" within a MS Word 10 table 1
Word How to delete line in Word 3
Dotted line to remove 20

Back
Top