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WD97: Box Border Incorrect When Applied to Multiple Paragraphs

Article ID: 198357

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q198357

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 printed and displayed incorrectly.

The part where the top paragraph border touches the border of the second paragraph is larger and darker than a normal border.

CAUSE

A border has been applied twice to the problem area.

WORKAROUND

Remove the bottom border from the indented paragraph to prevent a double border. To do this, follow these steps:

Select the top paragraph.
On the Format menu, click Borders And Shading.
In the Preview box, remove only the bottom border.
Click OK.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

122506 WD: Incomplete Top Paragraph Border Below Indented Paragraph

Additional query words: continuous indents indented multi-indent multiple paragraphs word8 word97

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB198357