Microsoft KB Archive/173228

= WD97: Borders Applied to More Lines in Selection Than Expected =

Article ID: 173228

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173228





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, a few lines above or below the text will be formatted with the inside borders.

The borders that exhibit this problem are:
 * Outside Border
 * Top Border
 * Bottom Border
 * Left Border
 * Right Border
 * All Borders



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 desired border.

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



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



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).

