
For instance, if you type three underlines on a new line, and then press Enter, you get a solid line that extends the width of your document. Now, click on Either Bottom Border or Top Border, either way, a horizontal line will be inserted into your Word document. Locate the Borders icon under the Home tab in the Paragraphs group Click on the drop-down arrow beside the Borders icon. One such liberty is the adding of borders to paragraphs based on what you type. Place the insertion pointer at where you want to insert the horizontal line. (Note: the old Alt-A, R shortcut still works to open the Table Properties dialog box. Word, by default, takes some liberties with what you type. On the Table Tools Layout contextual tab, in the Cell Size group, click the little arrow thingy (whose name I can never remember) to the right of "Cell Size". In Word 2007 and Word 2010: Click within your table.In Word 2003 and earlier versions: Click within your table.

We control cell margins from the Table Properties dialog box (Figure 3). Controlling cell margins for the table as a whole The cell margin is the distance between the edge of the cell (whether you are displaying borders or not) and the text.īy default, the cell margins are 0 for the top and bottom margins, and 0.19cm for the left and right margins. The better way is to control cell margins. It's annoying to do it's hard to keep consistent and it adds to the size, weight and complexity of your document. Select your preferred grid line style from the drop. If you not hold shift, second line start a paragraph and space. Click the Line Style button with the solid-line icon in the Draw Borders tools group on the menu bar. When we press Enter to create vertical space, we are adding empty paragraphs to the document. decrease line space between 2 line.when you jump next line,just hold shift and press enter. On the Layout tab, under Page Setup, click Breaks, and then click Insert Page Break. When you type at least three dashes, underscores, or equal signs in a paragraph by themselves and press Enter, the characters are automatically converted to a single, thick single, or double horizontal line, respectively. Select the column that is to the right of the column where you want the page to break. Word automatically formats items like quotes, bulleted and numbered lists, and horizontal lines. Don't use empty paragraphs to create extra vertical space, as this user has done Select the row that is underneath the row where you want the page to break.

Look in the Paragraph section and click the down arrow next to the Borders button.

Click on Home (located in the upper left-hand corner). Figure 2: I've displayed non-printing characters here, to see the empty paragraphs. Another way to add a line in Word is by using a horizontal line border: Place the cursor in the spot where you want to add a line.
