[Solved] Help with magic astrisks

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annsuey
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[Solved] Help with magic astrisks

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Please can someone help me?!?
I was writing a text document in OO Writer. I finished a paragraph and wanted to put some astrisks on the next line (to indicate a scene change). I typed in 7 (I think) asterisks and hit the cetering button. The astrisks turned into a double line and I can't get rid of it. I can't enter text under it. I can't highlight it, or backspace it out and when I hit enter, it just makes more lines. What in the world did I do? And how do I get rid of it?
Anyone?
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Hagar Delest
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Re: Help with magic astrisks

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See here : [Solved] Another Strange Horizontal Line.

Thanks to add '[Solved]' in your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

NB: moved your thread to the Writer forum.
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annsuey
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Re: Help with magic astrisks

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Wow, you are fast.
I can now type the asterisks and they stay asterisks but I still get the same double lines if I hit enter and I can't get rid of the original one.
How do I get rid of them. I did uncheck "apply border".
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The Apply border feature modifies the paragraph properties and set a bottom border. To remove it, select the text and apply the default formatting (right click or Clear formatting in the Styles drop-down list or CTRL+SHIFT+Space).
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Re: [Solved]Help with magic astrisks

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Thank you thank you thank you!
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