Double lines won't vanish in word

[James Porter]

Word replaces "===" with solid double lines. Once t hey are in the text,
how do you remove them? They seem invulnerable to deletion, and I can't
find them in any other setting (eg borders), so where are their controls?

Many thanks.

Jim P.(Word X, Jaguar)

[Bill Coan - Word MVP]

Hi James,

The double lines you're seeing are paragraph borders. To remove them, choose
Format|Borders and Shading and choose None.

The borders showed up because Word was trying to help you. Fortunately,
there's a nice way to tell Word that you don't want this kind of help. No,
it doesn't involve a baseball bat and total destruction of your Mac. Rather,
choose Tools|AutoCorrect Options and then choose AutoFormat As You Type (one
of the tabs at the top of the dialog) and remove any checkmarks that strike
you as being too helpful.

(I'm writing this from a PC, so the AutoCorrect Options command may be on a
different menu on your system. I don't think so, but be prepared to hunt
around for it a bit if necessary.)

Bill Coan
MacSimplePrompter addin for Word
http://www.wordsite.com

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[James Porter]

Thanks Bill. You're right. I suspected this, but couldn't make it blank
out. What works, t he only solution for me, was to fill in lines all
around the par. and then unclick them again. Only so did the document
"know" to remove the offending double line. DOes that sound right?

ALso, I don't see an autocorrect entry for ===, so I wonder where it is
residing?

Jim

[Dayo Mitchell]

Jim,

=== is not an AutoCorrect entry, but an "AutoFormat As You Type | Apply as
you type | Border". ***, hyphens, etc, will all turn into different types
of lines. I think removing them requires selecting the line/space above
them, as they are borders applied underneath the insertion point. Yours
should have blanked out with the Border/None command, but again you have to
select above the line.

You probably want to uncheck most of the AutoFormat as You Type tabs, as
they are responsible for many of Word's annoying moments, but customizing
AutoCorrect and AutoText can make life very efficient, and this dialog box
is worth exploring.

DM

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