WD98: Bottom Borders of Merged Table Cells Do Not Print

 Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
Article ID: Q181019
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you merge cells vertically, if the cells contain a left and right horizontal border in the last row of a table, the bottom part of the left and right horizontal border will not be printed, even though it shows up correctly in print preview.

NOTE: This behavior occurs only when the merged cells span more than one page.

CAUSE

When you vertically merge cells with a left and right horizontal border, the bottom part of the left and right horizontal border is not "pushed down" so that the border applies to the bottom of the new cells.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, after merging the cells, follow these steps to remove and reapply the border settings:

  1. Select the merged cells.

  2. On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.

  3. Click the Borders tab.

  4. Under Setting, click to select None.

  5. Make sure the Apply To area is set to Cell.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Make sure that the cell is still selected.

  8. On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.

  9. Click the Borders tab.

  10. Under Setting, click the settings that you want to use for the border.

  11. 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.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem only occurs if the height of the cells is relatively small.

REFERENCES

For more information about merging table cells, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE ID: Q179712
   TITLE     : WD98: What's New in Word 98 Macintosh Edition
For more information about merging table cells, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text 

   tables, splitting and merging
and then click Show Topics. Select the " Merge cells into one cell in a table " topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00 8.x missing broken gone partial
Keywords : kbtable
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
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