Troubles with Lines in Word 2003

I stumbled upon a seemingly useful feature of Word...when you type certain 3-character combinations (such as "===", "***", or "---") and hit Enter, Word converts those into lines. I was using this to separate parts of a document I was working on. However, there appears to be a problem--when I try to go back and change things, the lines move around when I don't expect them to (eg jumping up or down a few text lines), and worst of all, *I can't delete them*. Neither delete nor backspace has an effect--it ignores the lines and just modifies the text--but I can't seem to delete the lines either like I would a graphic object (eg right-click and hit delete). I may be doing something wrong, or else it's just a bug. Any suggestions?

 

Okay, I'm an official idiot. After fiddling with this forever and not getting anywhere, I posted here, then ten seconds later I had another idea that actually worked. I guess the line is actually a border of some sort, so if you select all the text around it and turn off borders, that gets rid of it. Sorry for posting.

 

No one here at TSG is an idiot