How do I remove horizontal lines from inside table cells?

[TechAuthorNMK]

These lines have suddenly appeared. They are not part of the cell or table
border and not in every cell.

Help please.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Possibly borders or underlines on the text in the cell?

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

 

[TechAuthorNMK]

Text in affected cells had the style 'Header'. Selecting the whole cells and
changing the style to 'Normal' removed the horizontal lines.

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, sounds like a border has been applied to the Header style. Seeing this
style in a table (unintended) suggests that you may have "Define styles
based on your formatting" enabled (Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat
As You Type). What this option actually does (in my experience, anyway) is
"apply styles based on your formatting," i.e., look at the formatting of
your text and make a (usually poor) guess about what style you meant it to
be. The Header style in a table was the first instance of this that I
noticed.

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

 

[TechAuthorNMK]

Exactly - This style was defined a number of years ago when I used a table in
a Header and a one-and-a-half point line at the bottom of the table added to
separate the table in the header from the main text. I subsequently learnt
more about headers and used Tabs to separate items in the header.

Many thanks for your help!