Insert different types of lines using keyboard shortcuts (which add lines using AutoCorrect).

Select and apply different types of lines using the Borders and Shading dialog box.

Use the Borders command on the Home tab in the Ribbon.

You can insert a line in Word in 3 ways using borders: If you draw lines using Insert Shapes, you'll have to worry about the line being inline or floating. You can also include paragraph border lines in styles so they will appear throughout your document. If you use border lines, you can customize the type of border, line thickness and color.

In Microsoft Word, anything with a hard return after it is a paragraph. In this article, we'll focus on inserting lines using borders attached to paragraphs. It's best to avoid drawing lines and instead insert border lines in Microsoft Word (normally paragraph borders) so the line or lines will move as you edit the document. You can insert a line in Word using the Ribbon or by using keyboard shortcuts. Hands Photocredit Posted in Blog, Break Room, Front Office Tagged computer whiz, ee graduate, forward material, Geek help desk, keyboard shortcut.By Avantix Learning Team | Updated October 9, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Word ® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) Thanks Lifehacker and Thanks Help Desk Geek. Voila- A big honkin’ printable pdf list of keyboard shortcuts for Word and one for Excel too. So today she sent me the link to Lifehacker blog which I get in my email but look at at home. I currently use ctrl-c to copy, ctrl-v to paste, ctrl-m to move margin, ctrl-x to cut- I use a few.

So when I spoke with my Computer Science EE graduate daughter via Skype the other day, I asked her if she could give me a cheat sheet of some of those crazy keyboard shortcut commands that I know she uses. I have been pounding out some data sorts in Excel for the PMPA’s Administrative and Clerical Salary Survey, about 9 different sorts of a 38, 000 cell data table… My hands hurt- must learn new keyboard shortcuts!Īnd then I have to write the forward material.

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