Microsoft KB Archive/115397

= Macintosh: Word Table Gridlines Show in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 115397

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q115397





SYMPTOMS
When you paste Microsoft Word 5.x for the Macintosh tables into Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, the vertical gridlines do not disappear. This is especially obvious when you paste a table onto a colored slide background.



WORKAROUND
To paste Word 5.x tables into PowerPoint without gridlines, use the following steps:
 * 1) In Word, select the entire table.
 * 2) Press COMMAND+OPTION+D. This copies the table to the Clipboard.
 * 3) On the File menu in Word, click New. On the Edit menu, click Paste. This pastes the table into a new document.
 * 4) Double-click the table in the new document. Cancel the resulting Edit Picture window.
 * 5) Select the table. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 6) Paste the table into PowerPoint.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 5.x for the Macintosh. This problem was corrected in Word 6.0 (that is, gridlines are not visible when you copy from Word 6.0).

Additional query words: 2.00 3.00 4.00 power point powerpt mac ppt lines white 5.10 5.10a 5.00 powerpnt 3.00b 3.00a borders macppt macword5

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB115397

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