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Q156004: WD97: Some Paragraph Border Styles Are Not Transparent

Article: Q156004
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbualink97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you view a document in Online Layout View, some paragraph border styles do
not appear to be transparent.

CAUSE
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This problem may occur when you apply a background color to a document that
contains one of the following paragraph border styles:

  Dotted line (third style)
  Dashed line (fourth style)
  Dot-dash line (fifth style)
  Dot-dot-dash line (sixth style)
  Zig-zag line (eighteenth style)
  Zig-zag line (nineteenth style)
  Striped line (twentieth style)

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use a different border style to border the text. Do
not use one of the styles listed in this article.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Word 97 for
Windows.


MORE INFORMATION
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In Microsoft Word 97 for Windows you can view a document in Online Layout View.
This new document view makes it easier to read the document on the screen. When
you use the Online Layout View, text appears larger and wraps to fit the window
and is not displayed the way it prints.

Online Layout View allows you to format the background color of the document
window to make it easier to present and read the document. The background color
does not print with the document. The view also allows you to apply text
borders.

To apply a border style, use the following steps:

1. Select the text around which you want to place a border.

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

3. Under Style:, click the border style you want and click OK.

Additional query words: winword opaque blanks out masks

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Keywords          : kbualink97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97

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