I'm trying to create vertical lines -- like musical barlines -- to separate
words or lines of prose. Not slanted slashes. Also -- once I can do this,
could I alter size / font (e.g., bold)?

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1. Open your Word document and place your cursor where you want to insert the vertical bar.
2. Click on the "Insert" tab in the top menu.
3. Click on the "Symbol" button in the "Symbols" section.
4. Click on "More Symbols" at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
5. In the "Symbol" tab, select "General Punctuation" from the "Subset" drop-down menu.
6. Scroll down until you find the "Vertical Line" symbol (it looks like a straight vertical bar) and click on it to select it.
7. Click on the "Insert" button to insert the symbol into your document.
8. You can adjust the size and font of the vertical bar by highlighting it and changing the font size and style in the "Home" tab.

If you want to add multiple vertical bars, you can copy and paste the symbol or use the "Insert" tab to insert multiple symbols.

Shift-\ gives me a | on my keyboard (US layout). Select to edit. Once you
have it the way you like it, consider AutoCorrect or AutoText if it was a
hassle to format.

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

If you want a | that crosses several lines, that's possible too.


On 12/30/04 10:17 PM, "scott" wrote:

I'm trying to create vertical lines -- like musical barlines -- to separate
words or lines of prose. Not slanted slashes. Also -- once I can do this,
could I alter size / font (e.g., bold)?

This character is called a "pipe" and should be found on all keyboards (it
is used in some DOS commands).

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
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Shift-\ gives me a | on my keyboard (US layout). Select to edit. Once
you
have it the way you like it, consider AutoCorrect or AutoText if it was a
hassle to format.

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

If you want a | that crosses several lines, that's possible too.


On 12/30/04 10:17 PM, "scott" wrote:

I'm trying to create vertical lines -- like musical barlines -- to
separate
words or lines of prose. Not slanted slashes. Also -- once I can do
this,
could I alter size / font (e.g., bold)?

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:43:23 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

This character is called a "pipe" and should be found on all keyboards (it
is used in some DOS commands).

| which is shift + \?

Yes.

--
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.

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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:43:23 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

This character is called a "pipe" and should be found on all keyboards
(it
is used in some DOS commands).

| which is shift + \?