Microsoft KB Archive/211913

= WD2000: Gridlines Missing from Cells Pasted as a Microsoft Excel Object =

Article ID: 211913

Article Last Modified on 5/28/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211913





SYMPTOMS
If you copy a range of cells in Microsoft Excel and then paste them into a Microsoft Word document as an Excel object (by using the Paste Special command), the gridlines do not appear.



WORKAROUND
You can work around this problem in either Word or Excel.

Method 1
To correct the problem from Word, double-click the Microsoft Excel object to initiate in-place editing, and then click outside of the object. Word will refresh the Microsoft Excel object and will now properly display the gridlines.

Method 2
To correct the problem from Microsoft Excel:
 * 1) In Microsoft Excel, open the appropriate workbook.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Sheet tab.
 * 3) Under Print, click to select the Gridlines check box, and then click OK.
 * 4) Select the worksheet range. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 5) In Word, place the insertion point at the location where you want the Microsoft Excel object to appear.
 * 6) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. In the As window, select Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object, and then click OK.

Word will insert the Microsoft Excel object with gridlines.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbinterop kbprint KB211913

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