WD97: Word Table Embedded in Another Document Has White Horizontal Line

When you open a file, such as a PowerPoint presentation, that contains an embedded Word table with shading, you see a white horizontal line within the shading at some zoom values.

The problem may also occur with a Word table embedded in an Excel worksheet or another Word document.

An embedded Word table is represented by a Windows metafile (WMF). Calculations for positions within the WMF are based on printer and display drivers. In some cases, the calculations of shading within a table are giving incorrect results.

To work around this problem, avoid using small values (1 pt, 2 pt, and so on) for the paragraph Spacing Before value.

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site: IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.