NIM040185 for ArcGIS for Desktop

Bug ID Number	NIM040185
Submitted	November 18, 2008
Last Modified	June 5, 2024
Applies to	ArcGIS for Desktop
Version found	9.3
Operating System	Windows OS
Operating System Version	XP
Status	Known Limit

Additional Information

This is a known limitation of the output engine in ArcMap. ArcGIS Pro will support a table element which supports all the same formatting and this does work properly in output. As such, this is a known_limit in ArcMap, and is Fixed in the next release of ArcGIS Pro

Workaround

Workaround #11. Open the attribute table in Excel and format the spreadsheet. Copy the table in Excel and in ArcMap do Edit > paste special in Layout.2. See the second procedure in the following ESRI Knowledge Base document: <a href="http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=29569" target="_blank">http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=29569</a>-----------------------------------------------------Workaround #2If exporting to a JPEG file, the lines are still visible. Then that JPEG file can be converted to a PDF.