Microsoft KB Archive/181019

= WD98: Bottom Borders of Merged Table Cells Do Not Print =

Article ID: 181019

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 Q181019



SYMPTOMS
When you merge cells vertically, if the cells contain a left and right horizontal border in the last row of a table, the bottom part of the left and right horizontal border will not be printed, even though it shows up correctly in print preview.

NOTE: This behavior occurs only when the merged cells span more than one page.



CAUSE
When you vertically merge cells with a left and right horizontal border, the bottom part of the left and right horizontal border is not "pushed down" so that the border applies to the bottom of the new cells.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, after merging the cells, follow these steps to remove and reapply the border settings:
 * 1) Select the merged cells.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading.
 * 3) Click the Borders tab.
 * 4) Under Setting, click to select None.
 * 5) Make sure the Apply To area is set to Cell.
 * 6) Click OK.
 * 7) Make sure that the cell is still selected.
 * 8) On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading.
 * 9) Click the Borders tab.
 * 10) Under Setting, click the settings that you want to use for the border.
 * 11) Click OK.



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



MORE INFORMATION
This problem only occurs if the height of the cells is relatively small.

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00 8.x missing broken gone partial

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbtable KB181019

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