How to draw a line that continues from text to end of line.

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frpat

This was possible in a previous version of Word. I'm using 2003. Fo
example, when creating a form I'd like to write "Address" then begin
blank line that would continue to the end of that line. In previou
Word versions it was accomplished by typing three underlines and the
hitting TAB.

e.g.

Address: ___{Tab} would result in:

Address: _____________________________________________ (to end o
line)

How is it possible to do this in Word 2003
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I think you're confusing two things here. In a default installation of Word
<shudder>, if you type three underlines and press Enter, you get a "line"
(actually a paragraph border) all the way across the page under the previous
paragraph.

To get a line such as you describe you must set a right tab stop at the
right margin and then either (a) press Ctrl+U or click the Underline button
(or enable underlining in whatever way you usually do) and press Tab, which
produces an underlined tab character (sometimes a good choice), or (b) give
the tab stop an underline leader (Format | Tabs), then press Tab.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Jay Freedman

Hi, frpat,

I've used every version of Word since 2.0, and I never heard of the
"three underlines and Tab" shortcut. There are several ways to get the
line you want, but I'd be very curious to know whether anyone else
knows that one.

The standard way is to create a right-aligned tab stop at the right
margin, either manually (for a use-it-once thing) or as part of a
style. You can select an underline-type leader (item 4 in the Format >
Tabs dialog), or use no leader and format the tab character as
underlined (the U button on the toolbar, or Ctrl+U shortcut). You'll
find that the underlined tab doesn't quite line up with the underscore
character, while the underline-type leader does -- although you
shouldn't need an underscore on the same line.

There are other methods, described at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/LinesInForms.htm.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The underlined tab is the one you want if you have underlined text; they
then line up perfectly.

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

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