WD2000: Borders Disappear After Applying Border to Adjacent Paragraph (245737)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q245737 SYMPTOMS
When you apply any of the following borders to a paragraph by using the Borders and Shading dialog box (on the Format menu, click Borders and Shading), some of the inside borders you already applied to text disappear.
The borders that exhibit this problem are:
- Top Border
- Bottom Border
- Left Border
- Right Border
- Box
- Shadow
- 3-D
This behavior is different when using the Borders toolbar to apply borders. (To view the Borders toolbar, click the Border icon on the Formatting toolbar.) For additional information about this issue, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
211400 WD2000: Borders Applied to More Lines in Selection Than Expected
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.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. REFERENCESFor 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
For more information about working with borders, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type about borders and shading in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/1/2002 |
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Keywords: | kbbug KB245737 |
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