WD97: Borders Applied to More Lines in Selection Than Expected

ID: Q173228

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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, a few lines above or below the text will be formatted with the inside borders.

The borders that exhibit this problem are:

Outside Border
Top Border
Bottom Border
Left Border
Right Border
All Borders

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 desired border.

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products 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 1 or 2 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).

REFERENCES

For more information about borders, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155964
   TITLE     : WD97: Column Paragraph Bordering May Print Uneven

   ARTICLE-ID: Q165715
   TITLE     : WD97: Applying Single Border to Selected Text Sets All
               Borders

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171063
   TITLE     : WD97: Merged Table Cells and Rows Do Not Print Bottom Border

   ARTICLE-ID: Q169532
   TITLE     : WD97: Paragraph Borders Displayed Erratically with Objects

   ARTICLE-ID: Q165925
   TITLE     : WD97: "Distance From Text" Property Not Applied to Inside
               Border

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157200
   TITLE     : WD97: Paragraph Border Extends Past Text Box Border

   ARTICLE-ID: Q156004
   TITLE     : WD97: Some Paragraph Border Styles Are Not Transparent

For more information about "working with borders," click the Office Assistant, type "borders," click Search, and then click one of the following topics:

Add a border
Borders and shading
Add vertical lines between newspaper columns
Change a border or line

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or
               Component

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

Keywords          : winword word97 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999