Row of hyphens = horizontal line

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When I first started using OpenOffice Writer, if I typed a row of hyphens, even if I typed it only part way across the page, when I hit the Enter/carriage-return key, the hyphens would turn into a thin, solid, full-width line. No idea what I did to change things, but this doesn't happen any more (possibly because I set up a default font??). What is this feature is called and how to get it back?

Thanks, sOOn

[jrkrideau]

[JohnV]

Activate Row of hyphens (3 is sufficient):
Tools > AutoCorrect > Options tab > Apply Border.

EDIT: "Replace dashes" gives you em or en dash (think that's what they are called).

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[quote="JohnV"]Activate Row of hyphens (3 is sufficient):
Tools > AutoCorrect > Options tab > Apply Border.

Hi jrkrideau and JohnV,

I just looked at the settings in Tools > AutoCorrect > Options tab, and Apply Border (under the [T] column) is already checked. I tried again to create the border line with a row of hyphens plus the carriage return, but it does not work. It doesn't happen with pasted documents or with new text typed into a new document.

Any other ideas why I can't get it to work?

Thanks, sOOn

[JohnV]

Do any of the others work like:
--- dashes,
=== equal signs or
***?

Remember that no other character, like a space, can precede the carriage return and they will not work with a line break (Shift+Enter).

If Apply Border is on and nothing works I would suggest that you run a Repair. How you do so depends on your OS.

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[jrkrideau]

[BillP]

Before doing a Repair, look at Format > Autoformat > While Typing. Autocorrect won't work if there's no check mark by this menu item

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