The tip article, Horizontal Lines Made Easy....With Microsoft Word explains how to create horizontal lines that are relatively basic in appearance. This article discusses inserting "fancy" lines into a Word document.

1. Place insertion point at the beginning of a new paragraph.
    

2. From the Format menu select Borders and Shading.
    

3. Click on the Horizontal Line button.
   
   
    

4. The Horizontal Line box will open. Select a line and click on the Insert Clip icon.
   
   In Word XP, select the line and click the OK button.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    

5. Line will be inserted in document. See below for samples.

Note:  If any of the "fancy" lines are not  loaded on your computer, insert the Microsoft Office CD in the CD-ROM drive to access lines.