Microsoft KB Archive/145642

WD: Borders Added/Lost Converting to and from Word for MS-DOS

PSS ID Number: Q145642 Article last modified on 11-10-1998

MACINTOSH: 6.0, 6.0.1, 98; WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c, 7.0, 7.0a, 97

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0 Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 == Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you open or save a Word for MS-DOS version 3.x-6.x document in any of the non-MS-DOS versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article, borders may be added or removed. The following symptoms occur during this conversion.

Saving in Word for MS-DOS Format
When you use a non-MS-DOS version of Word to save a document in Word for MS-DOS version 3.x-6.0 format, and the document contains multiple paragraphs formatted with a single border box, borders are applied to each individual paragraph in the resulting document.

Opening a Word for MS-DOS Document
When you open a Word for MS-DOS version 3.x-6.0 document with a non-MS-DOS version of Word, the bottom border separating two paragraphs is lost if either of the following conditions is true:

  Both paragraphs have been formatted to include a top, bottom, left, and right border instead of a border box. -or-   Both paragraphs have been formatted to include a left, right, and bottom border. </li></ul>

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs because although the non-MS-DOS versions of Word display only one border box around the entire selection of paragraphs, these versions of Word write the paragraph properties into Rich Text Format (RTF) code for each paragraph. Because the Word for MS-DOS converter is paragraph based (it interprets files paragraph-by-paragraph), it picks up these border controls for each paragraph and places a border between each of the paragraphs in Word for MS-DOS.

= WORKAROUND =

To Open a Document in Word for MS-DOS
After you open the document in Word for MS-DOS, select the paragraphs and remove the extra borders.

To Open a Word for MS-DOS document in Other Versions of Word
After you open the document, reapply the bottom separating border. To do this, follow these steps:

<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Select the paragraphs that should have borders between them. </li>  On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading. </li>  On the Border tab, select the correct Line Style. </li>  In the Border box, click inside the two sample paragraphs. This adds a border between the sample paragraphs displayed. </li>  Click OK. </li></ol>

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Word for MS-DOS converter supplied with the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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