Change the color, style, or weight of a line

You can change the look of a line by changing its color, line style, or weight.

1. Select the line that you want to change.
2. If you want to change multiple lines, select the first line, and then press and hold CTRL while you select the other lines.
3. Under the Format, on the Shape Format tab, in the Styles group, click the Shape Outline then choose the line style that you want to set.

Change the color of a line

To choose a color for the line, click Color, and then click the color that you want. To change to a color that is not in the theme colors, click More Colors, and then either click the color that you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab are not updated if you later change the document theme.

Make a line dashed

1. Select the line that you want to change.
2. If you want to change multiple lines, select the first line, and then press and hold CTRL while you select the other lines.
3. Under the Format, on the Shape Format tab, in the Styles group, click the Dashes then choose the dash styles that you want.

Change the weight of a line

1. Select the line that you want to change.
2. If you want to change multiple lines, select the first line, and then press and hold CTRL while you select the other lines.
3. Under the Format, on the Shape Format tab, in the Styles group, click the Weight then choose the line weight that you want.

Change the Arrow of a line

1. Select the line that you want to change.
2. If you want to change multiple lines, select the first line, and then press and hold CTRL while you select the other lines.
3. Under the Format, on the Shape Format tab, in the Styles group, click the Arrow then choose the arrow type that you want.

You can click the More Arrows... to choose more arrow types.