In the “Insert” menu, the horizontal rule is grayed out and not usable.
LO version 7.6.4.1. on a Windows 11 machine.
Thanks, for any suggestion to solve my little problem.
Where is the cursor?
You can’t insert a horizontal line in a shape or in a text box, but you can in a frame, or table.
The Insert menu items in the screenshot are very different that in my version (7.6.2.1).
LeroyG Asked: Where is the cursor?
Answer: My mouse cursor is directly over the grayed out HR line in the menu.
LeroyG suggested I cannot insert a horizontal line in a shape or in a text box, but you can in a frame, or table.
Answer: I didn’t know that but my problem exists within the Writer page not within shape or a text box.
LeroyG stated: The Insert menu items in the screenshot are very different that in my version (7.6.2.1).
Answer: Maybe it’s the theme I’m using? I haven’t changed the menu system so I got no answer to why our Insert menus are different.
Thanks for the reply.
That Insert menu does look strange. What theme are you using?
After 10 minutes of searching what Theme I am using or even the Icon Set, I cannot answer your question. I just can’t find it.
If you mean Horizontal Line then I suspect that you will need a paragraph style named Horizontal Line. If the style has been deleted then create a new paragraph style with that name. If you prefer the name Horizontal Rule, you would need to create a paragraph style with that name in a default template
Next Style: Body Text is default but I normally set a Heading style
Font: 6 point
Borders: default is double line, Grey, 0.15 pt, lower border only
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You have your menu customized - and it happened long ago: the first modification of the menu in your profile happened no later than in version 3.6. The “Dummy Text” item shows that modification.
And since your first modification, your menu never updated - because it’s the problem of modified menus in LibreOffice: when one modifies menus/toolbars, respective resources are copied to the user profile, and the updates (appearing in installation directory) are never used anymore.
The “Horizontal Rule” item was removed in commit 3be15a051444d4d2f805d95e27831d5f466c1497 from Nov 2012. That change removed the functionality completely, not only from the menu. Since then, indeed, that item is disabled in your frozen menu copy.
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Thank you for your help on this issue, mikekaganski. I now have a horizontal rule. It is quite obvious that I have a lot to learn about using and modifying styles in LO.
Thank you for your help on this issue, EarnestAI. I now have a horizontal rule. It is quite obvious that I have a lot to learn about using and modifying styles in LO.
