Why would a problem occur in Microsoft Word 2000 when 3 asterisk characters then Enter key are entered on a line and a strange dotted line is displayed in document which cannot be deleted?

Answer 1

Just press ctrl-Z Go to the format menu and the use borders and shading. You should now see another mini screen with the dotted lines which you can click on to remove. (this is a hugely frustrating feature of Microsoft Word. I used the three asterisks by mistake and its taken me more than two weeks before I could figure out how to remove the line produced in the middle of my document).