WD2000: Table Borders Lost Saving As Word 6.0/95

ID: Q224618

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you save your Word 2000 document containing a bordered table as Word 6.0/95, the table borders may be lost.

NOTE: This problem does not occur with any of the following border styles:

Solid Line
Dotted
Wide Dash
Double Line

The following border styles change to the Solid Line border style:

Dash Dot
Dash Dot Dot

WORKAROUND

Do not save your Word 2000 document as Word 6.0/95. Instead, open the Word 2000 document in Word for Windows 95 or Word 6.0 for Windows using the Word 97-2000 Import Converter.

When you open a Word 2000 document using the Word 97-2000 converter, table borders may change to a border style that is supported in Word 6.0/95, depending on which table border is used. The following are a few examples of how table borders are retained:

A Single Line border is retained as a Single Line border.
A Dash Dot Dot border is retained as a dashed border.
A Triple Line border is retained as a Double Line border.

For information about obtaining the Word 97-2000 converter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter

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 the limitations of converting to Word 6.0/95, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212268 WD2000: Part 1: Limitations Converting to Word 6.0/95 Format

Q216920 WD2000: Part 2: Limitations Converting to Word 6.0/95 Format

Q220483 WD2000: Inside Table Borders Lost When Saved As Word 6.0/95

Additional query words:

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