Unwanted lines in Word

[UW grad student]

I have unwanted lines appearing in my Word document. They are not formatted
- checked by using the show/hide formatting button. I don't know how they
got there. When I delete the area above and below the line it disappears but
when I either paste or retype the missing information the line reappears.
This is my Master's thesis and don't want to turn in an unprofessional
looking paper. Can anyone help?

 

[Carol]

Not sure where you're copying and pasting from, but you should always use
Edit | Paste Special | Unformatted Text so that you don't copy formatting
into your document.

Having said that, it sounds as if your line is most likely a border. If
that is the case, Format | Borders and Shading and select None.

 

[BruceM]

If they go from margin to margin, they could be paragraph borders (Format >
Borders and Shading). If they diappear in Normal view they are graphics
elements of some sort.

 

[Jay Freedman]

They're probably paragraph borders created by AutoFormat. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm.

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[Liz]

Not sure where you're copying and pasting from, but you should always use
Edit | Paste Special | Unformatted Text so that you don't copy formatting
into your document.

Having said that, it sounds as if your line is most likely a border. If
that is the case, Format | Borders and Shading and select None.

 

[Liz]

To the 3 people who answered this post, you are lifesavers!

I, too, am a grad student who had the same problem. I was so frustrated,
almost in tears!

Thanks much for your help!