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WD: Incomplete Top Paragraph Border Below Indented Paragraph

Article ID: 122506

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0c
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95a
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q122506

SYMPTOMS

When you apply a box border to two or more paragraphs where the first paragraph has a left and right indent and the second paragraph has no indent, the top border over the second paragraph is not displayed or printed correctly. The indented paragraph has a box border around it. Multiple paragraphs with the same indentation do not exhibit this behavior.

WORKAROUND

Apply a border between the two paragraphs to complete the incomplete top border and remove the bottom border from the indented paragraph to prevent a double border. To do this, follow these steps:

Select the paragraph with the incomplete border.
On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.
In the Border box, apply a border between the sample paragraphs.
Click OK.
Select the indented paragraph.
On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.
Remove the bottom border by clicking the bottom border of the sample paragraphs in the Border box.
Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: winword macword ntword wordnT border continuous indents indented multi-indent multiple paragraphs word6 word7 word95

Keywords: kbhowto kbbug kbformat KB122506