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WD98: Text Box Position Not Retained When Copying and Pasting

Article ID: 176642

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q176642

SYMPTOMS

When you copy and paste a text box to another page, the exact position may not be retained.

For example, if you set horizontal and vertical positions to 2 inches for a text box and then copy and paste the text box to another page, the horizontal and vertical positions change to 2.17 inches.

WORKAROUND

Reset the position of the text box to the value you want.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: textbox inches points placement changed changes

Keywords: kbbug kbformat kblayout kbpending KB176642


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