Microsoft KB Archive/273964

= WD2002: Web Page Window or FrameSet Wraps Text Instead of Clipping It =

Article ID: 273964

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273964



For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 209941.



SYMPTOMS
When you edit a Web page in Web Layout view in Microsoft Word, text is wrapped at the edge of a window border.

This behavior is different than the way the document appears in a Web browser. A Web browser truncates (clips) text that goes beyond the edge of a window border.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because in Microsoft Word, when you create a Web page document using Web Layout view (on the View menu, click Web Layout), there is no option with which you can turn off viewing text wrapping at Web page or FrameSet borders. The Wrap to window option (on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the View tab) has no effect on the wrapping in Web Layout view.



RESOLUTION
When viewed in a browser, unbroken lines of text are not wrapped. If you want to view your Web page as it will appear when viewed in an Internet browser, you can use a table. You can then size the table to take into account the length of any text you do not want to wrap.

For more information about creating tables, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type Create a Table in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.



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



MORE INFORMATION
The typical behavior in an Internet browser is to clip text that continues without a line break, not to wrap it.

Additional query words: WD2002

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