Three Astrisk Formatting -- how to undo

[melissa_1959]

I recently learned that typing three astrisks, three pound signs or three
other symbols creates an automatic formatting in Word. Unfortunately, I
learned this too late.

I typed three astrisks in a row and Word converted it to a heavy dotted
line. How do I undo what I've done?

I've tried backspacing, highlighting and deleting and using the search and
replace option. None of these "solutions" I've read about on the Internet
works.

I also tried copying and pasting ONLY the text portion to a anew file, but
that dotted line still finds a way to insert itself in the new file.

Help! I'm really desperate to get rid of this.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

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

 

[Duncan McC]

I recently learned that typing three astrisks, three pound signs or three
other symbols creates an automatic formatting in Word. Unfortunately, I
learned this too late.

I typed three astrisks in a row and Word converted it to a heavy dotted
line. How do I undo what I've done?

I've tried backspacing, highlighting and deleting and using the search and
replace option. None of these "solutions" I've read about on the Internet
works.

I also tried copying and pasting ONLY the text portion to a anew file, but
that dotted line still finds a way to insert itself in the new file.

Help! I'm really desperate to get rid of this.

Ctrl-Z (undo) - after the "line" (or whatever) is made, works.