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Default Draw a Double Line in Word 2007?

Ryan,

For whatever reason the developers of Word2007 did not see a need for fancy
line segments. You are right that option is not available for line segments
drawn with Word2007. I believe this issue has been reported to MS. Who
knows, it may be restored with Word2010.

All is not lost if you still have access to Word 2003 (or even a Word 2003
document containing a line segment). Line segments created in a Word2003
document and cut/pasted to a Word2007 document can still be modified using
the Style window (weird yes).

If you use lines often, you could save a Word2003 line as a QuickPart.
Insert it where you want and then format it like you did in Word2003.

I can send you a Word2003 document containing a line segment if you need it.





Ryan wrote:
I've pulled my hair out many times trying to use this pos Office
2007. One of the annoyances was trying to draw a double line.

I draw a line, right-click, select Format Autoshape, then try to
change the Style to a double-line, but it's greyed out.

Any ideas?

And if you'll allow me to rant a little bit, I just want to use
Word... this new interface is tedious and time consuming. I don't
want to fart around with a ribbon, just give me a menu bar.


Ryan


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