What we want to tell you with all this is that a good organization of the contents that will be part of the work, can be key, both individually and in groups. For all this, Microsoft itself presents us with a series of elements integrated into the program that will be very useful for us. For example, here the margins that we can use, the fonts, the footers, the headers Or the separators. In fact, it is the latter that we want to talk about in these same lines, something that we can use in different ways, as we will show you.
Add horizontal lines to a Word document
In addition, here we will talk about both vertical lines as horizontal, all depending on what we need. Thus, to begin with, we will tell you that we can quickly add a line in Word by writing just a few characters. This will allow us to add lines with different designs, for which we first place the cursor where we would like to start this element horizontally.
Add lines with the keyboard
After that we write three characters for some of the styles supported here, and hit enter. It must be said that for this we can use three characters like the ones we show: “*”, “=”, “-“, “_”, or “#”. Depending on which one we opt for in this case, the line that is created has a different thickness. It occupies the entire width of the page or in a column if we do it there. In addition, we will see that a small AutoCorrect button appears next to it so that we can eliminate it whenever we want. Therefore, as we can see, Microsoft itself tries to make things much easier for us when implementing this type of element to our office project.
Horizontal lines from the Word menu
At the same time we can insert a horizontal line from the program menufor which we return to place the cursor in the corresponding place. Then we go to the Home tab and click on the drop-down list of the option bordersin the Paragraph group.
Next, we select the Horizontal Line option in the menu, so that it automatically appears in the desired position. Of course, in the event that we want to customize its appearance a little more, double-click on the line to bring up a new customization window. To finish with this we will tell you that, to eliminate it, we only have to place ourselves on it and press the Delete key.
Furthermore, if we click on the option borders and shading, it will show different types of lines that we can use to draw the line in different ways if we are not looking for a simple continuous line. We can also add a shadow to the line or apply a 3D effect. Nor can we forget about the option that allows us to establish both the thickness and the color of the line. All these customization features when it comes to creating vertical or horizontal lines are only available in Word.
Add separator lines
There are occasions where it can be interesting for us to have the possibility of adding a separator line on both sides of the text. One way to add the vertical bars is to add empty columns to each side. To do this, click on the Distribution tab. Here we click on the Jumps section that we find in the Configure page section. This will cause a menu to be displayed where we select the option Column to insert a column break.
Now click on the Home tab and then, within the Paragraph section, click on Show everything to show or hide the separator line.
Add a signature line
If the reason why we want to introduce a line is to use the space to indicate where it has to be signed, Word integrates this functionality into the large number of options that it makes available to us. Within the signature options, Word allows us to fill in the changes with the name of the firm, the position in the company, the date, among other data. To add a signature line in Word, the first thing we must do is open the document and place the mouse in the position where we want to add it.
Then, on the ribbon, click on Insert and then on signature line. Next, we must fill in the text boxes that we want to be displayed along with the signature: Suggested signer, signer’s position, email address, instructions to sign. If we want the signer to add comments, we check the Allow signer to add comments box and to show the date, we check the Show date on signature line box.
Once we click on OK, the document will show all the information that we have filled in along with a signature line. To sign, we can use a digital certificate through Word or use an image with our signature. Once we have signed the document, the X located on the signature line will disappear from the document. We can add so many signature lines as necessary in the same document, as long as we previously select the location where we want it to be displayed.
Add vertical lines to a document
When you want to improve the appearance or improve the readability of your document, you may want to consider adding a line within the text. While inserting a horizontal line in Microsoft Word may be intuitive, adding a vertical line is not.
In the event that what we need is to add vertical lines, for example, to highlight a specific part of a document wordLet’s see how we can do it. To do this, we first mark the paragraph we want to highlight with the mouse. Next, we go back to the Borders section of the Paragraph group, where we opt for a vertical border. Of course, here we can place it both to the right and to the left of the marked lines.
Make use of shapes to add lines in Word
Another very effective method for this that we are discussing is making use of what are known as shapes that we can integrate into any document. Thanks to the adaptation options that these allow us, we can convert them into both vertical and horizontal lines.
To do this, the first thing we do is go to the Insert menu of the program, where we see a button called Shapes. Right here we find one of the sections called precisely Lines, which is the one that interests us now. Therefore, for the objective we are looking for, we choose the first one, located on the left.
Once we have it on the screen, with the mouse we can place it where we need it within the document, modify its length, orientation or design. Therefore, and as we told you, this is something that will serve us in both cases, horizontal and vertical. In fact, in this same section we see that those from Redmond make a wide variety of content of this type available to us. They will help us in all kinds of custom schemes and diagrams that we want to add to our documents here.
Add vertical line and separate text into columns
Columnarized text is a basic layout technique. Thanks to it it is possible to separate any block of text into several columns and also insert a vertical line between them. Let’s see how we can do it from Word.
The first thing will be to have our document open and select the text. Then click on the tab Provision inside the top toolbar. Here, within the Configure page section, we click on the icon columns so that its drop-down menu appears and thus be able to select the number of columns that we want.
From now on, the text is organized in columns, so we just have to click on any column. Next, we return to the Layout section, click on Columns and more columnslocated at the bottom of the menu.
Later in the Columns window we must check the box line between columns and click OK to save the changes. It is important to note that we can also change the number of columns and the space between them within the Columns window.
Use a bar tab to insert a vertical line
Tabs in Word can help us align lines and paragraphs. Similarly, the bar tab it does not set a tab by itself. Simply, Insert a vertical line and delimit the paragraph in columns.
To do this, we select the paragraph where we want to add the vertical line. From the toolbar click on Start, and within the section Paragraph Click on the arrow located at the bottom right to open the paragraph configuration window.
Here, we click on the button tabulations at the bottom of the window.
In the new window that appears, in the section of Position We enter the position where we want the vertical line to appear. We can use the ruler at the top of the screen to measure a value to enter. Within the Alignment section we select Bar. Finally, we click on Set and Accept.
with the keyboard
Sometimes it is not necessary to rummage through the options of an application to perform certain functions. If we want to add a vertical line in a Word document, to separate the text on the same line, it is not necessary to resort to the different options that we have shown you above, we just have to use our keyboard through the Alt Gr key and the 1 key to show this sign |. The best thing about using this sign is that we will not have a problem when formatting the text, nor will it get out of line at any time, so it is the best option to introduce lines in a text quickly and without have problems with the format.
Unlike the – sign that Word converts into a line if we write it several times, with this vertical line sign, we won’t have any problem. Of course, it is not useful to create continuous lines in different lines of text since it does not offer continuity as if it offers us the solutions that we have shown above. Any of all the solutions that we have proposed in this article cover different needs and they are all perfect for creating vertical and horizontal lines in any Word document, a document that we can open even with WordPad, the Windows text document editor that does not allow create lines, neither horizontal nor vertical.
How to use other more original shapes as separators
But of course, since we are in this last section that we have told you about, perhaps it may occur to us to give our document a more striking appearance. With this we mean that, in this section, we are going to discover that we also have the possibility of using other elements as more separators. original. This is due to the large number of elements that we find in the Shapes menu that we just told you about.
Of course, despite the availability of these…
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