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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="37" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can incorporate lines into your text with custom angles, width, color, and other attributes.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="38" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Create a horizontal line by applying the preset Paragraph Style <span class="T1">Horizontal Line</span>. Place the cursor on a blank line and double-click the <span class="T1">Horizontal Line</span> Style in the Stylist. If the entry for horizontal lines is not visible in the list of Paragraph Styles, switch the view in the Stylist from "Automatic" to "All Styles".</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="64" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can draw a line above, beside or below a paragraph by choosing <span class="T1">Format - Paragraph -</span> <help:link Id="65824" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Borders</span></help:link>.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="39" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To define the line attributes and direction, use the <span class="T1">Line</span> drawing object as follows:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="41" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>On the <span class="T1">Main</span> Toolbar, long-click the <span class="T1">Show Draw Functions </span>icon to open the <span class="T1">Draw Functions</span> floating toolbar and click the <span class="T1">Line</span> icon. The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol with a line beside it.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="42" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In your document, click where the line should begin. Hold down the mouse button and drag to the point where you want the line to end. If you also hold down the Shift key, you can draw only horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="43" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Release the mouse button once the line has the desired direction and length. You can then draw more lines. End this function by pressing the Esc key or by clicking the <span class="T1">Selection</span> icon from the <span class="T1">Draw Functions</span> floating toolbar.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="44" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>After clicking the <span class="T1">Selection</span> icon, you can select all of the lines at the same time by clicking each line while holding down the Shift key. This multiple selection enables you to assign all of them a common color, width or other attribute.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="45" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="HTML export; of drawing objects" tag="kw68593_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The lines and other drawing objects that you insert in text are not defined in <help:popup Id="65629" Eid="html" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">HTML</help:popup>, and are therefore not exported directly into HTML format. Instead, they are exported as graphics.</p>
