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mandy

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May 22, 2003, 9:03:21 AM5/22/03
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I cant get a vertical line can someone explain in plain
english.

Bob Tulk

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May 22, 2003, 9:42:29 AM5/22/03
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A vertical line like | or one that can go anywhere?

The first one is the pipe symbol (usually on the same key
as \ ).

The second is done from your drawing toolbar. Just click
on the Drawing Toolbar button on the standard toolbar (or
from the VIEW menu, choose TOOLBARS and then DRAWING). On
the Drawing toolbar, you will see a number of buttons for
drawing things like lines (in any direction), boxes, etc.

Bob Tulk
MOUS(97/XP)-Access,Excel,Outlook,PowerPoint,Word Expert


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>I cant get a vertical line can someone explain in plain
>english.

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Bruce

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May 22, 2003, 11:30:57 AM5/22/03
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Depending on your needs, it is worth checking out the
options you can find by going to Format > Borders and
Shading. Spend some time experimenting with that, as it
can be quite useful.

>-----Original Message-----
>I cant get a vertical line can someone explain in plain
>english.
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Bob S

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May 27, 2003, 11:37:20 PM5/27/03
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On Thu, 22 May 2003 06:03:21 -0700, "mandy" <amand...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>I cant get a vertical line can someone explain in plain
>english.

Run a bar tab.

Select the paragraph(s) of interest. Click Format | Tabs to get the
dialog box. Type in the position where you want the vertical line,
click the "Bar" button, Click the "Set" button, Click OK.

Voila, a vertical line just where you wanted it.

There are only two vaguely sensible uses that I know of.

One is as a left border for grouping or emphasis, but a paragraph
border does this just as well.

The other is if you need a left border on a numbered paragraph, and
you want the border just to the left of the text, rather than to the
left of the number. (If you add a paragraph border as well as the bar
tab, you get an effect like a two-column table.)

On the other hand, if you happen to need one or more vertical lines
going right down through the middle of your text, the bar tab is just
the ticket.

Help doesn't seem to mention bar tabs any more. I guess Help has been
bowdlerized.

Bob S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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May 28, 2003, 9:06:37 AM5/28/03
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I don't think Help ever did document bar tabs. They're sort of an Easter
egg.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

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