WD97: Border Lost from Linked Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
Article ID: 195140
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q195140
SYMPTOMS
If you insert a link into a Microsoft Word 97 document from a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet as "Formatted Text(RTF)," and then apply a border to the
linked table, the border can be lost when the link is updated.
CAUSE
Updating the link causes the original spreadsheet format to overwrite the
bordered object. The "\* MERGEFORMAT" switch does not preserve the
borders.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do one of the following:
- Apply the border you want to the Microsoft Excel worksheet before you
copy it to the clipboard.
-or-
- If a link to a Microsoft Excel worksheet has already been inserted in
the Word document, follow these steps:
- Apply the border you want to the area that is referenced in the link
using Microsoft Excel, and then save the workbook.
- To update the field, place the insertion point into the field and
then press F9.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article.
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