How to Add a Visual Separator in Microsoft Word
How to Add a Visual Separator
in Microsoft Word
AUTHOR: JASON MORRELL
1. Quick visual separators using the keyboard
Type 3 dashes ( --- ) to display a single line separator
Type 3 equals signs ( === ) to display a double line separator
Type 3 hashes ( ### ) to display a triple line separator
Type 3 underscores ( ___ ) to display a thick separator
Type 3 asterisks ( *** ) to display a dotted line separator
Type 3 tildes ( ~~~ ) to display a wavy line separator
2. Adding a paragraph border separator for lots more choice
There is also a Horizontal Line tool you can use.
1. Position the cursor where the line is to be inserted.
2. Select the Home tab | Paragraph group, or
Table Tools | Design tab (if you are working with a table).
3. Click the drop-down arrow on the Border icon.
4. Select Horizontal Line.
5. For more choices, click Borders and Shading instead of Horizontal LIne.
6. Choose a line style, line colour and line width.
7. Click the border icons around the preview so that only the top or bottom icon is on.
And that, my friend, is how you add some visual interest to an otherwise dull-looking document.
Here are some other advanced text effects you may be interested in.
Please feel free to post any questions you have into the comments below. And before you leave this page, I want to give you one quick little action item!
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Jason Morrell
Jason loves to simplify the hard stuff, cut the fluff and share what actually works. Things that make a difference. Things that slash hours from your daily work tasks. He runs a software training business in Queensland, Australia, lives on the Gold Coast with his wife and 4 kids and often talks about himself in the third person!
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I added a single line using the 3 dash trick. Now I can’t delete it! What easy trick am I missing?
Word is actually setting the top border for the paragraph. To remove it:
1. Select the paragraphs above and below the line.
2. Click the Border icon in the Paragraph group (Home ribbon).
3. Choose No Border.
Due to some setting Options that i clicked, now that when i press — and Enter i dont get a delimiter and now i am not able to find it. Please help.
Hi Rahul
1. Go to File | Options | Spelling & Grammar then click the Autocorrect Options button. (Or on Mac, go to Word | Preferences | Autocorrect)
2. Go to the ‘AutoFormat As You Type’ tab.
3. Ensure that the ‘Border Lines’ checkbox is checked.
All the best, Jason