How to draw a line through text in Word Online?

There are two types of strike-through text that are common in Word, one that has a red line running through and the other black. This article takes you through both these types of text, what it means and how to add it to documents. All in all, this tutorial deals with how to draw a line through text in Word Online.

To draw a line through the text you are working on in Word online start by selecting the text that needs to be formatted. Now, click on Home in the top ribbon of the document. From the various options under home, in the font section, you will see the strikethrough option (ab with a line across it). Select it to format the selected text.

What is strikethrough in MS Word?

Have you ever wondered what is the use of strikethrough in MS Word? This section will give you an overview of the strikethrough function in Word and why it is used.

There are different ways in which the strike-through formatting option is used. The most common use for it is while collaborating on documents. When you are working on a document with other collaborators the strike-through option can prove helpful to help understand what to delete from the text.

While editing a document the strike-through option is used to demark text that is wrong or text that needs to be removed, it could also be text that the paragraph could do without.

The perfect example of this is when manuscripts are sent to publishers they use the strike-through option to mark paragraphs or sentences that the script could do without.

Another way to use this option is to show change. For example, if you want to use another word or phrase instead of the existing one, you use the strikethrough option.

In marketing, the strike-through option is used to show a change in price or an alteration in location or services provided.

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How to strikethrough text in Word Online?

When using Word Online there are two types of ribbon layouts available. The type of ribbon determines where you will find options. In this section, we look at how to add strike through to the document you are working on.

Strikethrough in Classic ribbon on Word Online

• Locate and open the document you would like to work on

• Click on Home in the top ribbon of the document

If you have the classic ribbon open the formatting options are in sections. To strikethrough the text, follow these steps.

• Select the text that you would like to format
• Go to the font section in the Home tab
• Click on Strikethrough (ab with a line passing through it)

To switch from one ribbon layout to the other click on the three dots near the designer option for more

From the dropdown click on the layout, you would like to use

Strikethrough in Simplified ribbon on Word Online

• Select the text you would like to format

• Click on the Home tab in the top ribbon

Unlike the Classic ribbon, you will not see the strikethrough option in sections. The option is tucked into the more font options section. For the menu click on the three don’t near Clear formatting.

• You will have a dropdown menu with various font options
• Click on Strikethrough to format the selected text.

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Strikethrough word online shortcut

Strike-through is used to denote text that needs to be deleted or removed. You can do it by selecting the text and clicking on the strikethrough option in the hope tab. Other than this there are different ways to apply strikethrough to the document you are working on. Here are the shortcuts you can use.

• Select the text that you would like to strike through
• Use ctrl + D on Windows and Command + D on Mac for a dialogue box  
• You can use Alt + K to select strike through on Windows and hit Enter

• If you are using a Mac system you can simply check the box next to strike through and click on OK

Strikethrough text copy paste

A strikethrough is a formatting option added to the text. When you need to perform the copy-and-paste function. Here are the steps you can follow.

• Click on the text you would like to copy. Drag through the text without releasing the click
• You can also double clicking on the text to select it.
• Once the text is selected go to Home in the top ribbon of the document
• Click on Copy. Alternatively, you could use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C on Windows and Command + C on Mac.
• Now click where you want to paste the text
• The cursor with show up in that spot
• Click on Home in the top ribbon and select paste. You can also use Ctrl + V on Windows and Command + V on Mac.

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How to cross out or strikethrough text in Word?

The cross-out or strikethrough function in Word is used to mark text that you would like to remove. Here is how to do it in Word.

• Locate and open the document you would like to work on
• Select the text that needs to be formatted

• Click on Home in the top ribbon of the document.
• Under Home, you will see the strikethrough option. Click on it to select.

Another way to cross out text is by going to the format menu. Here is how to do it

• Select the text that needs to be formatted

• Click on Format in the top panel
• Go to the font menu from the dropdown. Another way to go to the font menu is by using the keyboard shortcut Command + D on Mac.

• Under the effects section, you will see the strikethrough option. Check the box next to it.
• Now click on OK to save the changes.

For Windows, you can open the font menu by using the keyboard shortcut ctrl + D. THey use Alt + K to strikethrough the text that you have selected.

In conclusion

This tutorial examined how to draw a line through text in Word Online. It also took you through how to strikethrough text in a word document on a Mac system. Along with this, it looked at shortcuts to strikethrough text.

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