[WORD] Unremovable horizontal bars..

Hello
sardine: it works
but first you need to "select" the line by hovering over it and moving it up (for example). Then you have to go to File/Page Setup/Layout/Button "Borders"/Tab "Border" (and not "Page Border") and there you can remove this line
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(_Usul d'Arrakis
Serial_Dreamer_)

Hi,

I also went crazy with this problem in Word 2007:

1) To remove the borders when they are at the top/bottom of the page, go to Page Layout -> Page Borders -> in the Page Borders tab, set it to none.
2) If the borders are between pieces of text, you need to select the part that contains a border (the entire paragraph above with the border) and this time go to the Borders tab and set it to none.

Personally, I selected my entire document with CTRL+A and then removed all the borders (in both tabs) and it worked well ^^

By the way, I also had a very thick black horizontal line but it disappeared with the rest!
Good luck!

Can you drop an example somewhere, or a screenshot?

Do they not correspond to a paragraph style?
Has your Normal template been modified?
Do they appear when you use a (combination of) specific key(s) to go to the next line?

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Hello,
I tried pretty much everything you said,
nothing worked, I’m using LibreOffice for Mac.
still those black horizontal and bulging bars at the bottom of some pages,
and during this ordeal,
they sometimes multiplied,
sometimes some could be deleted,
in short,
only one thing finally worked:
I went to Format: Clear direct formatting.
I probably should have thought of that...but no,
I don’t know anything about this: Good luck everyone!

10 years later...
Have you found the answer to your question?
I recently installed Office 2016 :-(( on Mac. When using Word, I had a problem with unremovable lines...
In the end, I found the solution in Word preferences.
Word->preferences->view->UNCHECK text boundaries.

Hello,

is it possible that in Tools—Options—Display (or something like that) there is a specific option to show certain non-printable “characters”?

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Here is a sample document.

At first, there were several, but now there is only one left at the end of the document.

https://www.cjoint.com/?fjrJgWmYRL

Sure, I have the same problem and I suppose the trick works for the PC version, but for Mac, there’s no border section in the layout.

Is there a solution? (because I admit, it's starting to drive me crazy too)

It's really a paragraph border that is annoying; it can be at the end (bottom) or at the beginning (top) of the paragraph.
Before removing it, you need to choose to place the cursor just below or above !!! After that, depending on your version of Word, you can access it through different menus.

Word 2003:
- Pane: Paragraph/ Borders & Shading/ Borders: click 'none'

(if the position of your cursor is well chosen before this menu, then a line symbolizing the location of the border should appear in the box symbolizing the paragraph! Otherwise, move the cursor to the other side...)

Finally, to disable the random production of these 'damn unremovable horizontal lines', you need to disable a certain automation that m$ has added for our pleasure:
- Options/Proofing/AutoCorrect Options/Tab: 'While Typing'/Apply => uncheck the box 'Borders'

And there you have it, the MIRACLE has been accomplished ...

Nandy

Hi, I have Word 2016 and I had the same problem as you. I found a simpler technique.
Actually, you go directly to the File tab, below you'll see a horizontal toolbar and on the same line as the fonts, there is the symbol of the bar you have on your document. You just need to click on it and it should be fine. Good luck everyone!

Thank you for your advice Gihef, but it doesn’t seem to be that.

Additional precise details:
The "bars" in question cannot be deleted. At most, we can move them up one line. Moreover, they create a space of two lines above them where we cannot place the cursor. I manage to make them disappear by merging the paragraphs, but the one below the text clings on well...

>>What the hell is this??

The bar is simply a horizontal black line that spans the width of the text.

A theory that could hold regarding their origin is that I copied a part of text from the internet... but I'm not even sure that's it.

As for the image, I don't know how to show it to you (can we attach files? Sorry, I'm not very experienced...)

I'm also adding one in paint, just in case these things only appear on my Word:

https://www.cjoint.com/?fjuslej3d2

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This link is not available or is no longer available.
Do it in jpeg or png.

The track “copying part of text from the net” seems to be the right one.

I do not have Word, but I was able to open your doc in OpenOffice.
It shows the lines that bother you at the bottom of each page, like separators with the same name notes:
https://www.cjoint.com/?fjvXNCpNVF

When asked to convert this .doc to html:
https://www.cjoint.com/?fjvYvZzyVf
it recreates a lot of paragraphs with styles that create a lot of lines.

After removing these options from the relevant styles, we get this document:
https://www.cjoint.com/?fjvZDhEtQq
which unfortunately cannot be saved in a format that retains the footnotes with their references.
You will find here the .txt file which has lost the layout, the footnote references…:
https://www.cjoint.com/?fjv0NH50Br

Word might be able to help you with that?
Or maybe you can copy it piece by piece?

+ If I was able to help you, could you in return inform me about the pronunciation of Flemish?
How is the “v” from van pronounced: fan?
And the “w”: v or?
And the “j”: zijn?
And the “ee”: een?
And the “st”: st, scht?
And this “situatie”: situatzi, sitouatzié?
And this “nieuwe”?
And the difference between “a” and “aa”?
And the “oe” from genoeg: guenoug, guénug?
And the “oo”: antwoorden?
And the “u”: fundamenteel?
And the “oa”: zoals?
Finally, a bit of everything…

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THANK YOU very much!!!
I will be able to submit a presentable piece of work...

For Flemish, it really depends on the village you’re in...
the "v" in "van" is indeed a bit close to [fan]
The "w" is pronounced the same way as Belgian Francophones pronounce it too. Close to the English version, but prettier. Lips contract into a small circle forward, and at the moment you let the air out, you release your lips.
"ij" is a bit like [ei]
"een" is pronounced [één]
"st" remains [st], and "sch" is like [ch]
"situatie" is like in French, with "tie" = [sie] (the "t" plays the same role as in French in "situation" [sion])
"nieuwe", is like "niew" in English
two vowels in a row are pronounced more drawn out (longer). This is also the case for isolated vowels in the case of "open" syllables in a word: "spelen" (to play) is pronounced [speelen] because the first syllable ends in a vowel (spe-len)
the "oe" is our [ou]
in "fundamenteel", the "u" remains "u",
the same goes for "zoals" (zo-als)

Well thanks for Word!!!

derf

Precision,
This line automatically appears when you type the underscore three times and then press ENTER.
The "borders" button without a line does indeed erase it.
Thanks for the tip
Marc

Thank you very much, I have the same problem and it drives me crazy too. Thank you for the solution.
from Tangerine

Go to File/Page layout, then Layout, click on Borders,
you have 2 tabs: Borders and Page Borders, and in each there is a preview, click on the small boxes corresponding to your lines (top, bottom, right, left), this will solve your problem.

Hello

When you try to type text in a Microsoft Word document, a black bar appears over the line(s) you are typing. You can no longer see or read the content you are typing.

The problem may come from the fact that your graphics card drivers are not properly installed... or that the colors are set to 16 colors.
See Microsoft KB below.

https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/303507

So right-click on the screen - properties - settings and select 32 bits.

If the option is not available, it means the graphics card drivers are not properly installed, so head to the Device Manager....