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kaylarkNZ
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April 27, 2020
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word to pdf border

  • April 27, 2020
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I have a thick (0.5mm) border in white on tables in a word document. 

When I convert it to PDF these borders become hashed grey lines (as shown below).  I want them to be "invisible" in the document as they are in word and I cannot work out how to fix it - any help please???

 

 

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Correct answer gary_sc

Hi Kay Lark,

 

How did you convert the documents?

 

What OS are you on and what version of Acrobat are you using (and what release for both)?

 

When you go into Edit mode, if you click on any of these lines to they get handles? If so, click your Delete key and see if they go away. 

 

If it's possible to do a screenshot of more of the document when you are in Edit mode, that would help.

 

If any contents also go away, do a Command/Control-z.

 

Let us know,

 

BTW, I was going to say that the bacteria contaminated your PDF but I restrained myself.

 

 

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gary_sc
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gary_scCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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April 27, 2020

Hi Kay Lark,

 

How did you convert the documents?

 

What OS are you on and what version of Acrobat are you using (and what release for both)?

 

When you go into Edit mode, if you click on any of these lines to they get handles? If so, click your Delete key and see if they go away. 

 

If it's possible to do a screenshot of more of the document when you are in Edit mode, that would help.

 

If any contents also go away, do a Command/Control-z.

 

Let us know,

 

BTW, I was going to say that the bacteria contaminated your PDF but I restrained myself.

 

 

    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
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    April 28, 2020

    I've seen similar color changes when the PDF export/conversion settings are mis-matched between RGB and the PDF.

     

    1. Check the "white" color in the source Word document and ensure it is either of these 2 white formulas:
    • RGB = 255 R | 255 G | 255 B, or
    • RGB Hexidecimal  = # FFFFFF

     

    2. Check your conversion settings in your PDF export utility. Make sure the colors are set to convert to RGB and not to CMYK or any other color space or color management system.

     

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    kaylarkNZAuthor
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    May 6, 2020

    Thanks Bevi - I am not able to do so right now, but will check these for the next conversion!

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