Tim, *, This is not a bug. Horizontal lines in Writer are a direct paragraph style assigning a bottom border for the paragraph.
I would expect it to only be valid in ODF format--there is no reason to expect LibreOffice ODF (.odt) style elements to be recognized by the export filtering to generate OOXML (.docx) , or MS binary (.doc) formats. Or for the style to be recognized by Microsoft Word in their native ODF form--although a few of the borders are. Writer (or rather the edit engine) provides a Tools --> AutoCorrect Options --> "Apply border" check box to enable an autocorrect based short cut for activating a bottom edge border of the current paragraph. Essentially, while completing a paragraph, the immediate entry of a triplet of: - (dash), _ (underscore), = (equal), * (asterisk) , ~ (tilde) or # (hash) each will apply direct formatting creating a bottom edge border for the paragraph. Each triplet will generate a different line style. The actual horizontal border, and its resulting line will vary depending on the character set and OS, but then the paragraph can be otherwise styled to control width and color or even the line style from the Format --> Paragraph --> Borders panel in the Line section. Try out triplets of the characters above, and then adjust the Paragraph border. And, for OP, as suggested the PDF is the best way to render LibreOffice documents portable for non-users. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Making-horizontal-lines-in-Writer-tp4123354p4123389.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
