Microsoft KB Archive/78472

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Border Information not Pasted into Other Cells in WinWord

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Q78472

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word for Windows, cutting and pasting or copying a single table cell does not carry the cell border information to the new location in the same table or in a new table.

MORE INFORMATION
In Word for Windows version 6.0 and 2.0, cell information is only transferred to the Clipboard if you select the entire row before choosing Copy from the Edit menu. If you select a single cell and copy or cut, only the text information is placed on the Clipboard. This also happens with the drag-and-drop method of moving text from one place to another.

In Word for Windows version 1.x, cell border information is not preserved for rows or single cells placed on the Clipboard.

Note: If you copy or cut a cell and paste the results outside a table, the cell border information does carry over. This happens in both Word for Windows versions 1.x, 2.0 and 6.0.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word For Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.