When you type certain characters three times in their own paragraph and then press Enter, those characters instantly become a full-width horizontal line. The fastest way to add a horizontal line or rule is to use the AutoFormat feature. Insert a horizontal line by typing a few characters If you want to draw a line for illustration purposes, see Draw a line in Word or Outlook instead. If this automatic line feature doesn't suit you, you can turn off this feature in Word or turn it off in Outlook.
The appearance of that rule-thinner, thicker, double-line, dotted, wavy-depends on which shortcut you use, as illustrated in the image below.
You can add horizontal lines, sometimes called horizontal rules, to a document or email message to help separate sections of text and add visual appeal.īy default, Word and Outlook have a three-character shortcuts that inserts a full-width horizontal rule in your document or message.
