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The borders on tables in Microsoft Word keep disappearing for all people in my company

Jonathan Khan 175 Reputation points
2025-11-04T07:02:14.2633333+00:00

For all users at our business, when we open up Word files with tables within them, the borders of the tables disappear and we have to manually add them back. Does anyone know why this happens and what we can do to fix this?

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Brad Phillips 20 Reputation points
2025-11-07T00:04:58.0433333+00:00

Found this statement it has been fixed on Nov 5 - but no info on build #, release plans, etc. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/in-a-coauthored-word-document-table-formats-get-corrupted-1e58f9a1-df7a-48be-b82c-d76131dc2319


Moderator's edit (11/17):

That page was updated on November 13. They are still working on it.

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  1. Stefan Blom 342.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-11-06T20:03:05.5733333+00:00

    Do you see this in Word Online (OneDrive and/or SharePoint)? If you download the document and view it in a local installation of Word, does the problem persist?

    If possible, share such a problematic document with the forum so that we can have a closer look. Of course, any personal information should be removed from the document before you share it.

    You may also want to report this to Microsoft, via Help > Feedback.

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  2. Sam Torian 10 Reputation points
    2025-11-05T15:12:34.3366667+00:00

    We are having the same issue and have narrowed it down to this scenario:

    • Word Documents are stored in SharePoint
    • User 1 opens in Word application, table styles are present
    • User 2 opens in Word in browser and selects to edit the document in Word app
    • The switch from browser to Word app appears to remove the table styles with borders and replaces with no borders style

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-11-04T21:54:56.92+00:00

    @Jonathan Khan

    Does the issue still occur if you hold down the SHIFT key while opening the document?

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  4. Marisa Castillo (US) 5 Reputation points
    2025-11-06T14:55:25.3733333+00:00

    Table styles in Microsoft Word keep disappearing when the file is shared on a SharePoint site and multiple people are viewing/editing said document.

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