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OFF98: Thick Line Styles May Appear Differently in MS Office 98

Article ID: 184648

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002

Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q184648

SYMPTOMS

When you open a file that contains a line drawing object in a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, the line style may appear to be different from the style you expect.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

You create a file that contains a line drawing object that is formatted as a thick, dashed line in a Microsoft Office 4.2.x program. -and-
You open the file in a Microsoft Office 98 program.

This behavior is caused by changes in the Microsoft Office 98 file formats.

STATUS

This behavior is by design in the Microsoft Office 98 programs listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about drawing objects, 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 the Microsoft Office 98 program you are working in, type the following text

drawing objects, autoshapes

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a line" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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