 | Show or hide gridlines on a sheet |
Gridlines are the faint lines that appear around cells. They are used to distinguish cells on the sheet. When working with gridlines, consider the following:
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By default, gridlines are displayed in sheets using a color that is assigned by Excel. If you like, you can change the color of the gridlines for a particular sheet.
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People often confuse borders and gridlines in Excel. Gridlines cannot be customized in the same way that borders can.
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If you apply a fill color to cells on your sheet, you won't be able to see or print the cell gridlines for those cells. To see or print the gridlines for these cells, you must remove the fill color. Keep in mind that you must remove the fill entirely. If you simply change the fill color to white, the gridlines will remain hidden. To retain the fill color and still see lines that serve to separate cells, you can use borders instead of gridlines.
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Gridlines are always applied to the entire sheet or workbook, and can't be applied to specific cells or ranges. If you want to selectively apply lines around specific cells or ranges of cells, you should use borders instead of, or in addition to, gridlines.
Do any of the following:
 | Hide gridlines |
| Show gridlines |
