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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
I am using microsoft office word 2003. I was formatting a letter and
attempted to establish what I think is a center tab to line up the right half of the text. I tried several things. I ended up with faint vertical lines on several lines of text of the letter. Why? How do I get rid of them? |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
You may have inadvertently inserted a bar tab. Go to Format | Tabs and check
on this; clear it if necessary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anxious Learner" Anxious wrote in message ... I am using microsoft office word 2003. I was formatting a letter and attempted to establish what I think is a center tab to line up the right half of the text. I tried several things. I ended up with faint vertical lines on several lines of text of the letter. Why? How do I get rid of them? |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
You may have inadvertently inserted a bar tab. Go to Format | Tabs and check on this; clear it if necessary. Suzanne, What would be the most common uses for such a bar tab? Thanks -- John Doue |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
As I understand it, it's a survival from DOS days, before the table feature
was introduced, and was used in conjunction with underlining to create the appearance of a ruled table. It can still be used that way (and I occasionally do so, though using paragraph borders to create the horizontal lines). When you set such a tab, the line appears automatically at the tab stop position and automatically extends to the height of the paragraph so that it is possible to create a continuous vertical line extending through one or more paragraphs. I have on occasion used it as a center line to help me copy by hand text that I have printed, for example, when I'm handwriting formal, centered text such as: Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Talbot Barnhill, Jr. accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Doe for Saturday, the thirtieth of September and the like. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John Doue" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: You may have inadvertently inserted a bar tab. Go to Format | Tabs and check on this; clear it if necessary. Suzanne, What would be the most common uses for such a bar tab? Thanks -- John Doue |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
As I understand it, it's a survival from DOS days, before the table feature was introduced, and was used in conjunction with underlining to create the appearance of a ruled table. It can still be used that way (and I occasionally do so, though using paragraph borders to create the horizontal lines). When you set such a tab, the line appears automatically at the tab stop position and automatically extends to the height of the paragraph so that it is possible to create a continuous vertical line extending through one or more paragraphs. I have on occasion used it as a center line to help me copy by hand text that I have printed, for example, when I'm handwriting formal, centered text such as: Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Talbot Barnhill, Jr. accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Doe for Saturday, the thirtieth of September and the like. Thanks Suzanne. Sorry I missed the humor from the signature part but I trust it is just me being dense today ... Regards -- John Doue |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
Humor?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John Doue" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: As I understand it, it's a survival from DOS days, before the table feature was introduced, and was used in conjunction with underlining to create the appearance of a ruled table. It can still be used that way (and I occasionally do so, though using paragraph borders to create the horizontal lines). When you set such a tab, the line appears automatically at the tab stop position and automatically extends to the height of the paragraph so that it is possible to create a continuous vertical line extending through one or more paragraphs. I have on occasion used it as a center line to help me copy by hand text that I have printed, for example, when I'm handwriting formal, centered text such as: Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Talbot Barnhill, Jr. accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Doe for Saturday, the thirtieth of September and the like. Thanks Suzanne. Sorry I missed the humor from the signature part but I trust it is just me being dense today ... Regards -- John Doue |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Humor? Sorry, I got sidetracked by the name "John Doe" (almost my handle): Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Talbot Barnhill, Jr. accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Doe for Saturday, the thirtieth of September and the like. and did not realize it was an example of text. Reading too fast ... Regards -- John Doue |
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what causes a vertical line to appear in Word?
Ah, my bad. I hadn't even noticed your name when I was briefly debating
between "Doe" and "Citizen." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John Doue" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Humor? Sorry, I got sidetracked by the name "John Doe" (almost my handle): Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Talbot Barnhill, Jr. accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Doe for Saturday, the thirtieth of September and the like. and did not realize it was an example of text. Reading too fast ... Regards -- John Doue |
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