WD97: Page Border Art Has a White Background

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Some page borders are displayed with a white background. This behavior occurs (and may present a problem) if you have the Blue background, white text option selected. (On the Tools menu, click Options, and click the General tab.)

CAUSE

Some border art has a white background, and other art has a transparent background.

WORKAROUND

There is no way to modify or edit the page border art. To change the background color back to the standard white background with black text, do the following steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.



2. Click the General tab.



3. Click to clear the Blue background, white text check box.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The transparency or non-transparency of the border art has to do with the way the border art was created. Some border art has a white background (in the actual metafile) instead of a transparent one. Not all of the borders have a white background. Border art images with non-white backgrounds include the following:

Balloons (bunch of balloons not the hot air balloon)
Pine trees (non stylistic)
Heart (big red one)
Sun
Red cube
The bio-hazard circle (yellow and black)

1. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading.



2. Click the Page Border tab, and click to select the art you want in the Art drop-down list.

Q157098 WD97: General Information About Page Borders in Word 97

Additional query words: 8.0

Keywords : kbgraphic kbusage kbdta winword word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug