Microsoft KB Archive/115172

= Paragraph Border Displays and Prints Across Page Breaks =

Article ID: 115172

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q115172



SYMPTOMS
Paragraph borders appear cut off when applied to a paragraph that begins at the bottom of a page and continues at the top of the next page. The borders are cut off when viewing the document in page layout or print preview and when printing the document.



CAUSE
By design, borders are a paragraph property that flows with the paragraph. When a paragraph formatted with a box border continues onto the second page, the top border appears over the first line of the paragraph at the bottom of the first page, and the bottom border appears at the end of the paragraph on the subsequent page.



WORKAROUND
Method 1: Move the bordered paragraph so that it fits on one page:  Position the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph. From the Format menu, choose Paragraph. Word 97: Select the Line and Page Breaks tab. Under Pagination, select Keep Lines Together. Click OK.

Word 6.0-7.0: Select the Text Flow tab. Under Pagination, select Keep Lines Together. Click OK.

Word 2.0: Under Pagination, select Keep Lines Together. Click OK.

Method 2: Insert a paragraph mark just before the page breaks, then format each paragraph with a box border.

Method 3: Word 6.0, 7.0, 97: Place the text in a table cell formatted to break across pages. Place the border around the table cell.

Additional query words: winword2 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c word6 winword 6.00c 6.00a 7.00a word97 missing top bottom left right middle

Keywords: KB115172

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