WD2000: Borders Applied to More Lines in Selection Than Expected (211400)

SYMPTOMS

When you apply an inside border to several lines of selected text, extra borders may be applied. When you apply any of the following borders to a paragraph by using the corresponding buttons on the Tables and Borders toolbar (on the View menu, point to Toolbars and click Tables and Borders), a few lines above or below the text will be formatted with inside borders.

The borders that exhibit this problem are:

Outside Border
Top Border
Bottom Border
Left Border
Right Border
All Borders

This behavior is different when using the Borders and Shading dialog box (on the Format menu, click Borders and Shading) to apply borders.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245737 WD2000: Borders Disappear After Applying Border to Adjacent Paragraph

WORKAROUND

When you apply borders to paragraphs above or below a paragraph formatted with inside borders, select the entire paragraph instead of just placing the insertion point in the paragraph prior to applying the border.

The "More Information" section of this article demonstrates this problem more clearly.

MORE INFORMATION

Consider the following example:

In Word, if you type the following text, select paragraphs two and three, and then apply an inside border, the result resembles the following:

    One
 ___Two_________________________________________________________
    Three
    Four

If you then position the insertion point after the "r" in "Four" and apply a bottom border, you would expect the following result:

    One
 ___Two_________________________________________________________
    Three
 ___Four________________________________________________________

However, an extra border is applied to line three, creating the following effect:

    One
 ___Two_________________________________________________________
 ___Three_______________________________________________________
 ___Four________________________________________________________

The problem occurs with the border types listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article. If there are more than one or two paragraphs between the different border types, the borders are applied as expected.

To correct this problem, select line "Four" rather than placing the insertion point on the line prior to applying the borders. The borders will then be applied correctly (leaving line "Three" without a border).

REFERENCES

For additional information about borders, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212280 WD2000: Column Paragraph Bordering May Print Unevenly

211576 WD2000: Applying Single Border to Selected Text Sets AllBorders

211859 WD2000: Paragraph Borders Displayed Erratically with Floating Objects