WD97: Gridlines Missing from Cells Pasted as Excel Object

ID: Q163156

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

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 Gridlines, 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.


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


Word will now insert the Microsoft Excel object with gridlines.


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q129445 XL: New Worksheet Previewed and Printed Without Gridlines

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbprint kbualink97 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: October 21, 1999
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