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Table Borders in Word Disappearing
Over the past week or so, the table borders in our company's Word documents are disappearing. I am seeing a lot of posts in message boards around the internet where people are having the same issue. Is this a known bug with a recent update? Even when we go into the table style and modify the style add the borders, they disappear again once the document is closed and reopened.
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It is a known bug.
It is reported as having been fixed. Try updating.See
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/in-a-coauthored-word-document-table-formats-get-corrupted-1e58f9a1-df7a-48be-b82c-d76131dc2319 and
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-in-word-for-windows-bf6bf17c-2807-4871-83ce-e337ae8f0b86
May try on this before Microsoft release the fix:
- Apply Borders Manually (Not via Style)
o Select the table → Table Design → Borders → All Borders. - Save in Compatibility Mode
o Save the document as .doc (Word 97–2003) or explicitly set compatibility mode. - Disable AutoSave Temporarily
o If working in OneDrive/SharePoint, turn off AutoSave while editing.
o Reapply borders, save, then reopen to check persistence. - Use Shading/Cell Backgrounds
o As a temporary visual workaround, apply cell shading (light gray or color) to mimic borders
- Apply Borders Manually (Not via Style)
