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Does anyone know how to insert diagonal lines inside a cell?
I'm using Microsoft Word 2007 and I created monthly calendars from
January-December. I would like to "X" out the respective days of the week
after they have passed, but I can't figure out how to do that in Word.

I've tried inserting the multiplication symbol and enlarging it, but it
doesn't work well. Any other ideas?

Thanks!
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Yes, you can easily insert diagonal lines inside a cell in Microsoft Word 2007. Here's how:
  1. Select the cell where you want to insert the diagonal line.
  2. Go to the "Borders and Shading" option in the "Home" tab.
  3. Click on the "Borders" drop-down menu and select "More Borders".
  4. In the "Borders and Shading" dialog box, go to the "Borders" tab.
  5. Under "Presets", select the diagonal line option that you want to use.
  6. Adjust the line style, color, and width as desired.
  7. Click "OK" to apply the diagonal line to the cell.

To "X" out the respective days of the week after they have passed, you can simply apply the diagonal line to those cells. You can also use conditional formatting to automatically apply the diagonal line to cells based on a certain criteria, such as the date. Here's how:
  1. Select the cells that you want to apply the diagonal line to.
  2. Go to the "Home" tab and click on the "Conditional Formatting" option.
  3. Select "New Rule" from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the "New Formatting Rule" dialog box, select "Use a formula to determine which cells to format".
  5. In the "Format values where this formula is true" field, enter a formula that will identify the cells that you want to apply the diagonal line to. For example, if you want to apply the diagonal line to cells that contain dates that are before today's date, you can use the formula "=A1TODAY()", assuming that the date is in cell A1.
  6. Click on the "Format" button and go to the "Borders" tab.
  7. Under "Presets", select the diagonal line option that you want to use.
  8. Adjust the line style, color, and width as desired.
  9. Click "OK" to apply the diagonal line to the cells that meet the criteria.
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Default Inserting Diagonal Lines inside a Cell

On the Table Tools Design tab, in the Table Styles group, if you click the
arrow next to Borders you should see Diagonal Down and Diagonal Up borders.
If you use both of them, it will form an X in the cell. Is that what you are
looking for?

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Does anyone know how to insert diagonal lines inside a cell?
I'm using Microsoft Word 2007 and I created monthly calendars from
January-December. I would like to "X" out the respective days of the week
after they have passed, but I can't figure out how to do that in Word.

I've tried inserting the multiplication symbol and enlarging it, but it
doesn't work well. Any other ideas?

Thanks!


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Default Inserting Diagonal Lines inside a Cell

Put the cursor in the cell. On the Home ribbon tab, in the Paragraph group,
click the little arrow next to the Border button (the last one in the second
row of the group) and choose the diagonal border. That offers only one
diagonal at a time, but that may be enough for you.

The alternative is to use the line tool (Insert tab, Illustrations group,
Shapes button) to draw lines.

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Sue wrote:
Does anyone know how to insert diagonal lines inside a cell?
I'm using Microsoft Word 2007 and I created monthly calendars from
January-December. I would like to "X" out the respective days of the
week after they have passed, but I can't figure out how to do that in
Word.

I've tried inserting the multiplication symbol and enlarging it, but
it doesn't work well. Any other ideas?

Thanks!



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Default Inserting Diagonal Lines inside a Cell

Beth is correct, you can use both diagonals in the same cell to make an X.
Sorry 'bout that.

Jay Freedman wrote:
Put the cursor in the cell. On the Home ribbon tab, in the Paragraph
group, click the little arrow next to the Border button (the last one
in the second row of the group) and choose the diagonal border. That
offers only one diagonal at a time, but that may be enough for you.

The alternative is to use the line tool (Insert tab, Illustrations
group, Shapes button) to draw lines.


Sue wrote:
Does anyone know how to insert diagonal lines inside a cell?
I'm using Microsoft Word 2007 and I created monthly calendars from
January-December. I would like to "X" out the respective days of the
week after they have passed, but I can't figure out how to do that in
Word.

I've tried inserting the multiplication symbol and enlarging it, but
it doesn't work well. Any other ideas?

Thanks!





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Default Inserting Diagonal Lines inside a Cell

Try this
With cursor in the cell, Click Table Tools | Borders | Choose diagonal up
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"Sue" wrote:

Does anyone know how to insert diagonal lines inside a cell?
I'm using Microsoft Word 2007 and I created monthly calendars from
January-December. I would like to "X" out the respective days of the week
after they have passed, but I can't figure out how to do that in Word.

I've tried inserting the multiplication symbol and enlarging it, but it
doesn't work well. Any other ideas?

Thanks!

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