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How to Turn Gridlines On and Off in Excel

How to Turn Gridlines On and Off in Excel

 
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Find out how to turn gridlines on and off in Microsoft Excel with this guide from ZandaX Training.
 
Article author: Jordan James
      Written by Jordan James
       (1-minute read)
It can be useful to turn Gridlines off and on to create better looking spreadsheets and forms.


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Click on the View Ribbon and turn off the Gridlines by unchecking the gridlines box. You can apply your own formats to the data as needed and press Save to keep your changes.

Gridlines in Microsoft Word

It may help to preformat your data into a data table or fill in the cells and add borders to make your data easier to read.

Gridlines

Add a shortcut into the QAT toolbar to make this process easier to access. Go to the View Ribbon and right click on the Gridlines option and select add to Quick Access Toolbar.

Quick access toolbar

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