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Last Updated: AprilĀ 28, 2020

Issue

When printing an Excel document, dotted borders are printed as solid lines.

STATUS: BY DESIGN

This behavior is by design. Solid lines are printed instead of dotted borders due to inconsistencies in quality when printing at higher resolutions.

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