• Sections
  • About Nested Sections
  • About Section Formatting
  • About Sections
  • Ambiguous Section Dialog
  • Manual Section Sort Dialog
  • Name Conflict With Section Sort Groups Dialog
  • Section Copy Data Dialog
  • Section Resize Dialog
  • Sections Dialog
  • Specify Section Dialog
  • Assigning Labels to Sections
  • Building and Assigning a Section Header
  • Creating a Box
  • Creating a Shaded Area
  • Creating a Vertical Line
  • Deleting a Section Label
  • Keeping the Lines of a Section Together
  • Locate a Labelled Section
  • Modifying Section Formatting
  • Navigating to a Labelled Section Using Events
  • Removing Boxes or Shaded Areas
  • Removing Section Formatting
  • Resizing a Section
  • Skipping a Section

Creating a Vertical Line

1. Drag the pointer to select the area in which you want to draw a vertical line.

2. On the Home tab, click Section, and then click the Boxes tab.

3. Click New box to design a vertical line for the selected area.
4. In the Left Position box, type or select the position for the line using the horizontal ruler as a guideline. For example, if you want the vertical line to appear at 3.5" on the horizontal ruler, enter 3.5 in the Left Position boxes.
5. Type or select the vertical distance from the top of the section to the top of the line.
6. Type or select the vertical distance from the bottom of the section to the bottom of the line.
7. In the Line thickness box, type or select the thickness of the line.

8. Clear the following check boxes:

   Top of Box

   Bottom of Box

   Right Side

9. Ensure that the Left Side check box is selected.

10. Click OK.

11. On the File tab, click Print, and then click Print Preview to view the vertical line as it will appear when printed. Vertical lines created using the boxes command are not visible in the Design or Form Modes.

Related Topics

• Creating a Box