![Paragraphs Paragraphs](/uploads/1/2/4/7/124799329/190610292.png)
This triggers the new line command: in paragraphs, it would add a blank line but remain in that paragraph (much like what a tag does in HTML). In a list item, Shift+Enter adds a new line without creating a new item! So you'll now have extra spacing between this item and the next. Insert horizontal border line separators in Word 2010 / 2007 / 2003 Microsoft Word supports three types of horizontal lines to separate your document: thin, thick, and double, each accessible with a hotkey!
Unfortunately, this is just the way text boundaries work in Word 2013. Beta testers protested the change, but it turns out that the previous display of text boundaries was never really intentional, and the new display is a result (perhaps an unintended consequence) of the change in layout engine. Like you, I find the display unusable either with these terrible boundaries or without boundaries at all (one reason I'm not using Word 2013).
You could clean up the display a lot, though, by using Spacing Before/After instead of empty paragraphs between your text paragraphs: instead of pressing Enter twice to get space between paragraphs, modify the paragraph style to have the desired amount of space; since the default Normal style already has 10 pts Spacing After, it will be more efficient to add to that amount since Spacing Before and After are not additive unless you disable the HTML paragraph spacing rule, and Spacing Before would therefore be ignored unless it was more than 10 points.
H Suzanne! Thanks a lot for your answer! But I am really disappointed with the way Microsoft leads with its users. Should I say disgusting? This Office 2013 brings lots of improvements but removed lots of 'good things', like the dark skin (the actual skin is so light that sometimes its difficult to see what is displayed), to mention just one of the 'declination'.
Regarding your suggestion of clean up the display, I appreciate it but it was not enough, as the 'lines' were not removed.
![Line Line](/uploads/1/2/4/7/124799329/331016437.png)
A final question, if you don't mind to disclose: which version of Word (or word processor) are you using?
Thank you so much for your help!
Regards,
EA