WD: Table Borders are Printed After Deletion of Table

 Last reviewed: September 5, 1997
Article ID: Q173444
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Word may print the border of a table even if you delete the table.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

  1. Turn on the Mark Revisions While Editing option and turn off the "Show Revisions in Printed Document" option.

    NOTE: To access these options, click Revisions on the Tools menu.

  2. Delete the table.

  3. Print the document.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, upgrade to Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

To work around this problem, accept the revision for the deletion of the table and then print the document. The border of the table will not be printed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about tables and revisions, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q106139
   TITLE     : Incorrect Revisions When Comparing Modified Table Cells

   ARTICLE-ID: Q110168
   TITLE     : WD: All Revisions Not Merged Using Merge Revisions

   ARTICLE-ID: Q91207
   TITLE     : WinWord: Can't Restore Table Deleted When Using Revision
               Marks

Keywords          : kbtable word6 word7 kbprint
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: September 5, 1997
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