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How do I make a solid line out of minus signs in Word?
How do I make a solid line out of minus signs?
I need one for when an author's name appears more than once in a bibliography. It must be at the height of a minus sign so an underscore won't do. Any thoughts? |
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1. Make the line using the minus signs.
2. Select the line. 3. Go to Format = Font from the menu and select the Character Spacing tab. 4. In the Spacing dropdown, select Condensed, then increase the amount. "1.5" worked for me. 5. You'll probably need to add some more minus signs in the middle until the line extends to the full length again. |
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How about an em dash CTRL+ALT+Minus from the numeric keypad? If not please
explain better. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Douglas Ayling wrote: How do I make a solid line out of minus signs? I need one for when an author's name appears more than once in a bibliography. It must be at the height of a minus sign so an underscore won't do. Any thoughts? |
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This line is defined as a three-em dash. To create it, insert three em
dashes, which in most fonts will provide a continuous line (if they don't in your selected font, you can use Format | Font | Character Spacing to condense them). To insert an em dash, use Alt+0151 (on the numeric keypad) or Alt+Ctrl+Minus (on the numeric keypad) or insert from the Special Characters tab of Insert | Symbol. -- 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. "Douglas Ayling" Douglas wrote in message ... How do I make a solid line out of minus signs? I need one for when an author's name appears more than once in a bibliography. It must be at the height of a minus sign so an underscore won't do. Any thoughts? |
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I am not sure if this is really what you are looking for: You can also make
a horizontal line from margin to margin by hitting the "minus" key at least three times and then pressing Enter. Make sure that the Border Lines box in the AutoFormat As You Type tab is checked. The 6 characters below can be used to make horizontal lines. To do so just type the character at least 3 times and them press Enter. If you just want the dashes or characters press Undelete. You can get different lines by using these characters in this way: -, _, =, #, *, and ~ Note that this procedure inserts a Border Line; you can't delete it as you would usually delete any ordinary characters. To delete horizontal lines position the cursor above the unwanted line. Click on Format, Borders and shading. Click None and OK back to the document. The line should disappear. For a more detailed explanation see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm "Douglas Ayling" Douglas wrote in message ... How do I make a solid line out of minus signs? I need one for when an author's name appears more than once in a bibliography. It must be at the height of a minus sign so an underscore won't do. Any thoughts? |
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