[Solved] How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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L_Ellis
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[Solved] How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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Hi!
I entered "===" as a way of separating sections of a document, which automatically switched to ruled lines when I pressed Enter at the end. Convenient enough so far, only now it inserts a new line every time I press Enter. How do I deactivate this function? I can't seem to find it in the various menus.

I'm using Open Office 4.1.3 on Windows 10.
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Re: How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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In Writer select /Format /Autocorrect /Autocorrect options : select Options tab and uncheck "Apply Border" in the [T] column. Alternately, if you get the continuous line, immediately press Ctrl Z to undo the autoformat,
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Re: How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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Thank you!
I continued working after posting this - do you know if there's a way of removing them other than ctrl+z?
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Ctrl Z only works if executed immediately the line appears. To remove existing lines, select them and replace with ===, after having disabled the automatic border function.
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Re: [Solved] How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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Great, thanks!
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Re: [Solved] How to deactivate ruled lines on pressing Enter

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LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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