WD2000: Gridlines Missing from Cells Pasted as a Microsoft Excel Object

ID: Q211913

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

If you copy a range of cells in Microsoft Excel and then paste them into a Microsoft Word document as an Excel object (by using the Paste Special command), the gridlines do not appear.


WORKAROUND

You can work around this problem in either Word or Excel.

Method 1

To correct the problem from Word, double-click the Microsoft Excel object to initiate in-place editing, and then click outside of the object. Word will refresh the Microsoft Excel object and will now properly display the gridlines.

Method 2

To correct the problem from Microsoft Excel:
  1. In Microsoft Excel, open the appropriate workbook.


  2. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Sheet tab.


  3. Under Print, click to select the Gridlines check box, and then click OK.


  4. Select the worksheet range. On the Edit menu, click Copy.


  5. In Word, place the insertion point at the location where you want the Microsoft Excel object to appear.


  6. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. In the As window, select Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object, and then click OK.


Word will insert the Microsoft Excel object with gridlines.


STATUS

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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbprint kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: January 19, 2000
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