Printing the Grid
It's inevitable. When it comes to MS Excel and printing gridlines, you'll probably want the exact opposite of what your system is trying to do.
The question is: how can you control it? Well, you just have to keep in mind that cell bordering is not the most efficient solution!
In older versions of Excel, the magic of gridlines is found in the Page Setup section, so let's go there!
- Page Setup can be found under the File menu.
- Once the Page Setup window is open, you're looking for the Sheet tab.
- Now that you've found the right place, printing the gridlines is accomplished by checking the Gridlines box located in the Print section. (The reverse is also true. You can uncheck the box to prevent the gridlines from printing).
- Click OK when you're done.
If you're using Excel 2007, you need to look somewhere completely different.
- You need the Page Layout ribbon, Sheet Options section.
- There you'll find a checkbox for printing the gridlines. Again, check it to print the grid or uncheck it for a clean printout.
That's it!
To print the grid or not to print the grid. It's your choice!
~ April
