Microsoft KB Archive/211400

= WD2000: Borders Applied to More Lines in Selection Than Expected =

Article ID: 211400

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211400





SYMPTOMS
When you apply an inside border to several lines of selected text, extra borders may be applied. When you apply any of the following borders to a paragraph by using the corresponding buttons on the Tables and Borders toolbar (on the View menu, point to Toolbars and click Tables and Borders), a few lines above or below the text will be formatted with inside borders.

The borders that exhibit this problem are:
 * Outside Border
 * Top Border
 * Bottom Border
 * Left Border
 * Right Border
 * All Borders

This behavior is different when using the Borders and Shading dialog box (on the Format menu, click Borders and Shading) to apply borders.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245737 WD2000: Borders Disappear After Applying Border to Adjacent Paragraph



WORKAROUND
When you apply borders to paragraphs above or below a paragraph formatted with inside borders, select the entire paragraph instead of just placing the insertion point in the paragraph prior to applying the border.

The "More Information" section of this article demonstrates this problem more clearly.



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



MORE INFORMATION
Consider the following example:

In Word, if you type the following text, select paragraphs two and three, and then apply an inside border, the result resembles the following:    One ___Two_________________________________________________________ Three Four If you then position the insertion point after the "r" in "Four" and apply a bottom border, you would expect the following result:    One ___Two_________________________________________________________ Three ___Four________________________________________________________ However, an extra border is applied to line three, creating the following effect:    One ___Two_________________________________________________________ ___Three_______________________________________________________ ___Four________________________________________________________ The problem occurs with the border types listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article. If there are more than one or two paragraphs between the different border types, the borders are applied as expected.

To correct this problem, select line "Four" rather than placing the insertion point on the line prior to applying the borders. The borders will then be applied correctly (leaving line "Three" without a border).

