WD98: Table Borders Lost When Table Pasted or Linked (176542)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q176542

SYMPTOMS

The outside and some interior borders on your table are missing after you paste or paste link the table as a Picture or as a Microsoft Word Document object.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following workarounds to paste your table with borders.

Method 1: Link the Table as Formatted Text (RTF)

  1. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
  2. Click Paste Link.
  3. In the As list, click Formatted Text (RTF), and then click OK.

Method 2: Crop the Table Boundaries

  1. Click to select the Picture or Word Document object (your pasted table object.)
  2. On the Picture toolbar, click Crop.
  3. Position the cropping tool over a sizing handle and drag it.
For more information about cropping objects, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

drawing objects, cropping

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Resize or crop a drawing object" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Method 3: Copy and Paste the Table into the Apple Scrapbook

  1. Copy the table by selecting it and then click Copy on the Edit menu.
  2. Start the Apple Scrapbook (on the Apple menu, click Scrapbook).
  3. In the Scrapbook, click Paste on the Edit menu.

    NOTE: You will not see any borders on the table in the Scrapbook.
  4. Drag the result within the Apple Scrapbook to a blank area on the Word Document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbtable KB176542
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