In this case I would open the header, then use the mouse to click on the line and then click the ‘Delete’ button on the keyboard.
Usually I find the line is a part of the header or footer, but has been positioned to the middle of the document.
Now for the area you identified you’ll need to work through all the formatting to remove the line. A Microsoft Word dialog box pops out and tells you how many section breaks it has deleted. (It looks like a clipboard with the letter A at the bottom-right.) Word pastes unformatted text from the Clipboard into the target document. Step 1: Double-click directly on the Header of the text then select the content in the Header. Word displays a variety of pasting options. Delete Headers and Footers in word directly. Click the down-arrow under the Paste tool. You can then use Ctrl + Z to undo the delete and return your document contents. In the coming Find and Replace dialog box, please (1) type b in the Find what box, (2) type nothing in the Replace with box, and then (3) click the Replace All button. Make sure the Home tab of the ribbon is displayed. If any of these steps moved the line, then you know where the line is – that is, it’s in the header, the footer or the content. The header is displayed and the insertion point is within it.
Select Header or Footer and do one of the following: Choose Remove Header or Remove Footer. Select Link to Previous to turn off the link between the sections. Double-click the header or footer area to open the Header & Footer tab. To restore the headers and footers, recheck the box or double-click the top or. Go to Layout > Breaks > Next Page to create a section break.
HOW TO GET RID OF HEADER AND FOOTER IN WORD 2013 HOW TO
If you’ve found a black line at the top of bottom of your document and you can’t work out where it’s coming from or how to move it, your answer may be as simple as page borders – a rarely used formatting option. To add a header or footer, click the Insert tab. Uncheck the box labeled Show white space between pages in Print Layout view.