Importing a table from Microsoft Word

I'm importing a table from Microsoft Word but the formatting isn't importing. For example, most of the grid lines are missing.
Help!

Hello,
we don't want to be so awkward please have a look here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ff5a.h tml#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6ff2a and see "Importing tables from other applications".
Good luck!
Hans-Günter

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