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Adding Horizontal Lines

A much simpler graphic element that you can add to your document is a simple horizontal line. These are useful as ruling lines for documents, for example to divide sections of a resume or report.

You can add a variety of horizontal lines by selecting Horizontal Line from the Insert menu. The Insert Horizontal Line dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 11.20.

The collection of horizontal lines in the scrolling list is a little different from similar lists in programs such as WordPerfect. If you want a standard horizontal ruler, choose the top item, Single, and then choose OK.

If you scroll down in the list, you'll see a variety of lines that are more suited to a Web page than to any normal text document that you might print out on paper: rainbows and rabbit feet, airplanes, and marbled textures.

If you use one of these fancy lines, the horizontal line is treated as an image. You can select it, add a border, and so on.

If you choose the Single horizontal line, however, you can't easily select it for editing, so you're stuck with the line that you initially see. In fact, you might have trouble deleting the line if you need to. It's so narrow that clicking on it doesn't often work. Instead, place the cursor just above it, hold down the Shift key, and use the arrows to select it.

Figure 11.20
From the scrolling list, you can select which type of horizontal line to insert.

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