WD: Table Borders Lost When Table Pasted or Linked

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

SYMPTOMS

The left and right borders on your table are missing after you paste or paste link the table as a Picture or as a Word Document Object.

WORKAROUND

Use any of the following methods to paste your table with borders.

Method 1: Link the Table as Formatted Text (RTF)

1. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.

2. Select Paste Link.

3. In the As list, click Formatted Text (RTF) and then click OK.

Method 2: Change the Position of the Table Border

1. Place the insertion point in the top-left cell at the left margin.

2. Position the mouse pointer over the margin release indicator on the ruler. The mouse pointer should look like a horizontal two-headed arrow.

3. With the left mouse button, click and drag the margin release indicator on the ruler to the right so that the margin boundary is over the first character in the table cell.

4. Put your insertion point after the text in the top-right cell of your table.

5. Press the SPACEBAR to move the insertion point to the right edge of the table, just before the border.

6. With the left mouse button, click and drag the margin release indicator on the ruler to the left so that the margin boundary passes the insertion point.

Method 3: (Macintosh only) Convert the Table to a Graphic

To do this, paste a copy of the table into Apple Scrapbook.

1. Copy the table by selecting it and clicking Copy on the Edit menu.

2. Place the insertion point in a blank area of the document.

3. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.

4. Choose Microsoft Word 6.0 Document Object and then click OK.

5. Resize the table so all columns and rows are displayed.

6. Select the table object. On the Edit menu, choose Cut.

7. Start the Apple Scrapbook (usually located in the Apple Menu Items folder).

8. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

9. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

10. Switch back to Word. Place the insertion point where you want the table to appear.

11. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.

12. Select Picture and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.