Microsoft Word Tutorial: Customizing Lines and Compound Borders

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Level up your document formatting with this quick guide! In this tutorial, I'll show you three different ways to draw or insert a double line in Microsoft Word. Whether you need a quick horizontal divider, a custom shape, or a professional border for your headings, these methods work perfectly every time.  In this video, you will learn:      The secret keyboard shortcut to create a page-width double line in one second.      How to use the Shapes tool to draw and customize compound double lines.      How to apply double-line borders to paragraphs for a clean, organized look.      Tips for adjusting line width and thickness for better visibility.  If you're looking to improve your "Basic Tech Skills," make sure to Like the video and Subscribe for more PC optimization and Microsoft Office tutorials! Hashtags  #MSWord #MicrosoftWord #WordTutorial #DocumentFormatting #Office365 #BasicTechSkills #WordHacks #TechTutorial #Windows10 #LearnWord

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00:00Welcome back in this video I will show you how you can draw a double line in MS Word. Make

00:06sure

00:06drawing a double line in Microsoft Word can be done in several ways depending on whether

00:11you want a horizontal divider or a custom shape or a specific border style. If you want to draw a

00:17line that you can move or resize anywhere on the page then go to the insert tab and click on

00:23the

00:23shapes and pick a straight line and now hold down the shift key and drag your mouse to draw a

00:32straight

00:32line and now head to the shape format and click on this shape outline click on that and select the

00:41weight for example 3pt and again go to the shape outline and click on the weight and go to the

00:50more

00:50lines and on the right side you will see that line you need to go to the compound style and

00:58click on

00:59this arrow and select the double line and you can even change the color of your choice for example red

01:06and here you can increase or decrease the transparency as like this one and now here it is

01:16you can move it anywhere on the page like this one to drag it anywhere so if you want to

01:24draw a

01:24horizontal double line there is a quick keyboard shortcut for this you need to place your cursor

01:30where you want the line to be appear and then type the three equal signs in a row like this

01:38one and press

01:39enter what will automatically convert those character into solid horizontal double line in the third

01:47method if you want a double line to stay attached to the specific paragraph or heading for this you need

01:53to highlight the paragraph where you want the line or select the text and then go to the home tab

02:03and

02:03click the small arrow next to the borders icon and then click on the borders and shading

02:12and under the border and shading you need to click on the border and in the style group you need

02:18to

02:19find the double line and here is the double line select the color of your choice for example

02:26this is the maroon brown color is the width you can increase or decrease for example 6pt so you can

02:35see the preview here if you want to just a double line under the paragraph you need to click on

02:41this

02:43left right top bottom to remove that and just click on apply to paragraph and click ok to apply and

02:50here it is so with these way you can easily draw double line in ms word if you think this

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