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Copper Contributor

Jul 30, 2022

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Borders not showing on file saved as a PDF

I have several documents that I have created with lots of borders - they are report cards for our school. When I save them as a PDF some of the borders do not show in the PDF. I have tried turning a...

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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
Jul 31, 2022
Kevinmod The issue is with the application with which you are viewing the pdf. In Adobe Acrobat, at a magnification of 125%, some of the borders do not appear

But, at 150%, they do

If the pdf is opened in Google Chrome, the borders are rendered correctly at 100%

and, it is not until you reduce the size to <75% that some of the borders do not appear

NOTE, in this response, all the screenshot have been sized to fill the available width of the Editor.

Kevinmod

Copper Contributor

Jul 31, 2022

Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP

Thanks Doug. I am new to this forum and not seeing a place to upload a file - only a place to share links. I work in a Google school so the best I can do is share this folder with anyone with the link can view

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NasOy8pN5QnmlLdDpKWSdHsDQrlfJdeD?usp=sharing

Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP

MVP

Jul 31, 2022

Kevinmod The issue is with the application with which you are viewing the pdf. In Adobe Acrobat, at a magnification of 125%, some of the borders do not appear

But, at 150%, they do

If the pdf is opened in Google Chrome, the borders are rendered correctly at 100%

and, it is not until you reduce the size to <75% that some of the borders do not appear

NOTE, in this response, all the screenshot have been sized to fill the available width of the Editor.

Kevinmod
Copper Contributor
Aug 01, 2022
Thank you for the help! I do know they print out correctly but it was bothersome for some of our admin team - now that I have an explanation for them it should suffice