Microsoft KB Archive/176542

= WD98: Table Borders Lost When Table Pasted or Linked =

Article ID: 176542

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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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.
 * 1) 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.

Additional query words: border cropped missing none gone

Keywords: kbbug kbfaq kbfix kbtable KB176542

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