Microsoft KB Archive/179211

= PUB: Deleting BorderArt Removes Pattern from .bdr File =

Article ID: 179211

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179211



SYMPTOMS
If you delete a border by clicking the Delete button on the BorderArt tab in the Borders dialog box, the border will be deleted from the current publication and it will no longer be available to use in future publications.

In addition, you cannot rerun the Microsoft Publisher Setup program to reinstall the border pattern(s) that you deleted.



CAUSE
The borders used by Publisher are stored in .bdr files in the Office\Borders folder. Publisher includes more than 160 border patterns. These are stored in 15 .bdr files. If you delete a border in the Borders dialog box, Publisher modifies the .bdr file that contains that pattern. However, Publisher does not delete the file. If you rerun the Publisher Setup program and click Reinstall, Publisher only replaces missing files; it does not reinstall the modified .bdr files.



RESOLUTION
To restore deleted borders, follow these steps:
 * 1) Determine which .bdr file has been modified by checking the dates of all the .bdr files in the PubBrd folder. If the .bdr file has not been modified, its date will be December 8, 1997.
 * 2) Delete or rename the file(s) that you identified in step 1.
 * 3) Copy the original .bdr file(s) from the PubBrd folder, located on the Publisher CD-ROM, to the Office\Borders folder on your hard disk.



MORE INFORMATION
When you click the Delete button on the BorderArt tab in the Borders dialog box, to delete the selected border in the Borders list, you receive the following message:

Deleting this border will remove it from your computer.

If you click OK, the selected border will no longer be available in any Publisher file.

If you rerun Publisher Setup in maintenance mode and click Reinstall, the Setup program will not restore the deleted border.

Additional query words: 98 pub98 mspub98 pub_98 5.00 publisher98 pub5 ms_pub98 mspub border art borderart bdr PUB2000

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB179211

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