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Vertical text in a text box that is converted to a frame may be misaligned or missing when the text is printed from Word 2007, or the text is viewed in a published PDF or XPS file

Symptoms

You insert vertical text in a text box, and then you convert the text box to a frame in Microsoft Office Word 2007. When you print the document or when you view the published PDF or XPS file, the text in the frame may not be displayed the same as in Word 2007 or in Print Preview. For example, some text in the frame may be misaligned or may be missing.

Note This issue may also occur in older Word documents in which the author used legacy frames.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, do not convert the text box to a frame. Instead, keep the vertical text direction text in a text box.

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More Information

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Create a new document in Word 2007.
  2. Draw a text box. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Click the Insert tab.
    2. Click Text Box in the Text group, and then click Draw Text Box.
    3. Draw the text box anywhere on the page.
  3. With the cursor in the text box, click the Format tab.
  4. Click Text Direction in the Text group. The cursor changes to a vertical position.
  5. Type the text that you want in the text box.
  6. Right-click the text box, and then click Format Text Box.
  7. On the Text Box tab, click Convert to Frame.
  8. Do one of the following:
    • On the File menu, click Print, and then print the document.
    • On the File menu, point to Save As, click PDF or XPS, and then click Publish.
Result Some text in the frame may be misaligned or may be missing when you print the document or when you view the PDF or XPS file.

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Keywords: kbpublishing, kbprint, kbframe, kbtshoot, kbexpertisebeginner, kbprb, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 958340
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 10/8/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 150