In a WORD document, I used to be able to type 3 underscore characters that
would change into a line that streched from left to right margin. I must have
turned off the option to do this, because now the 3 underscores remain in my
word document. The lines that are already in the document are still there,
but no new ones are created. I am using WORD 2003, but this function exists
in many previous releases.

gene_105 wrote:
In a WORD document, I used to be able to type 3 underscore characters
that would change into a line that streched from left to right
margin. I must have turned off the option to do this, because now the
3 underscores remain in my word document. The lines that are already
in the document are still there, but no new ones are created. I am
using WORD 2003, but this function exists in many previous releases.

In Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type, check the box for
"Border lines".

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...tRidOfLine.htm for more info.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org