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If you want to insert a curved line in your Word document, you can do so by following these steps:
To get exactly the curve you want may take a bit of practice on your part. Once a curve is placed in your document, it is treated the same as any other graphic image.
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2014-04-05 10:47:09
E Nora
For an interesting margin or space within a document, place the curved line where needed, set wrap to tight, set line color to white. For fine tuning, you can then set wrap style to "edit wrap points" and tweak the perimeters of the space around the line, thus adjusting where the text will stop and start.
2014-04-05 10:14:02
elmer
Thank you. Could have used tis many times, just didn't know how.
2014-04-05 09:57:58
OBX
Wow. I could have used this many times in the past. Very helpful when you put an arrow at the end of the line.
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