.docx with a line that isn't a border

Question

I can't select this line and I can't delete it.

It's not a border also.

How to delete it?

Answer 1

That's the line that automatically placed over footnotes to separate them from the main body of the document.

Assuming Word 2013:

1. Click the View tab.
2. Put the document in Draft view.
3. Click the *8References** tab.
4. Click Show Notes in the Footnotes ribbon section.
5. A "Footnotes" pane should appear.
6. Select Footnote Separator from the drop-down on the Footnotes pane title bar.
7. Select (double-click) and delete the line.
8. Switch back to Print Layout view (via the View tab), and the line should now be gone.

Answer 2

If Techie007's answer doesn't work...

Try this:

• Select text that is on BOTH SIDES of the item you wish to remove.
• Go to the Table border settings and select "None" for borders.

I experienced a similar issue in the Outlook 2007 editor (Word!) just yesterday.