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Another way:

1. Firstly, determine how many lines you want (e.g. 20)
2. Draw the first line
3. Duplicate it with CTRL+J,  19 times to duplicate the line  (CMD+J on MACs)

All 20 lines will now be on top of each other

4. Select all the lines in the layers panel

5. Use the Align Vertically function to space the lines (as shown below)

If at this stage you decide you want more lines, just select any line, CTRL+J to duplicate it as many times as needed then repeat from step 4

Optional:

Group the lines and add to assets to use on other pages or documents

 

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I would be not too sad if Publisher gets one day the "Duplicate with offset" feature like in Indesign, where you can type in the copies and offset vertically and horizontally. I am fine with manual duplicating elements 20 times, but this is anyway more work I would like to avoid. ;)

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Another simple alternative is to use a table (see attached GIF):
* Create a table with the number of rows that is one less than the number of lines you require;
* Select all the cells;
* Using the Table Panel, select the “All” border icon and set the border to “None”;
* Still in the Table Panel, select the “All Horizontal” border icon and set the stroke to what you need.
Then you can resize the table as required.
As you can see from the GIF it only takes a few seconds to set up.

lines-with-table.gif

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