Mac Works:Boxes Appear and Print Around Tokens in Word Processor
  
PSS ID Number: Q127906
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0 4.0a 4.0b
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b
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SYMPTOMS
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When you insert a token (page number, document title, time, or date) into a
Word Processor document, print preview may show a box around the token, and
Works will print the box as seen in print preview. The box may also show on
the screen in the document.
 
This problem will occur if Show Field Names option is selected. (To locate
this option, choose Database Merge Options from the Format menu.) This
problem may occur even if there are no merged fields in the Word Processor
document.
 
RESOLUTION
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From the Format menu, choose Database Merge Options, and select the Show
Field Data option to prevent the boxes from printing. If there are no merge
fields in the document, do the following:
 
1. Open an existing database file and return to the Word Processor.
 
2. At the very top of the document, insert a field by choosing Database
   Field from the Insert menu.
 
3. From the Format menu, choose Database Merge Options, and choose Show
   Field Data.
 
4. Delete the field that was inserted in step 2.
 
The boxes around the fields should not be visible when printed or
previewed.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works for Macintosh,
versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
KBCategory: kbusage kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: mwkswp macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00b outline border mwksdb m_works
page numbers Page Number(s) squares lines
 
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Keywords          : kbbuglist
Version           : 4.0 4.0a 4.0b
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb
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