WD: Graphics Borders or Lines Won't Print Correctly

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If you paste a graphic containing a line that is not a full point width (that is, a hairline) from a graphics program into a Microsoft Word for the Macintosh document that contains boxed paragraph formatting or other graphic elements, the line width of any box below the graphic may be changed or may not print. However, the line width of the boxes for paragraphs above the graphic remains normal.

CAUSE

Some graphics programs insert PostScript code in the QuickDraw definition of a graphic to set a line width smaller than the resolution of the printer. This process may reset the LaserWriter's printing environment to always print hairlines. Word cannot reset the environment to normal after printing the graphic. Although the lines printed after the graphic appear on screen, they take on the fractional width and do not print.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following procedures to correct the problem:

Method 1

1. Copy the graphic back into the program it was created in. Reformat all lines so that they are at least 1 point in pen width.

2. Copy the graphic.

3. Open Microsoft Word and paste the graphic back into the document.

Method 2

1. Select the graphic in Microsoft Word by clicking it once.

2. Use the Copy As Picture command (press COMMAND+OPTION+D).

3. From the Edit menu, choose Paste.