Microsoft KB Archive/189079

= WD98: Gridlines Missing from Cells Pasted as Excel Object =

Article ID: 189079

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q189079





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



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

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 properly display the gridlines.

Method 2: To Correct the Problem from Microsoft Excel
To Correct the Problem from Microsoft Excel, follow these steps:
 * 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 Gridlines, 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.
 * 6) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. Under As, select Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object, and then click OK.

Word will now insert the Microsoft Excel object with gridlines.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

129445 XL: New Worksheet Previewed and Printed Without Gridlines

Keywords: kbbug kbinterop kbpending KB189079

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