Tip #3030 - A Grid of a Different Color
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Grid of a Different Color
Do you find it difficult to
look at Excel's grid for too long?
Or, maybe when you
look at the screen, it seems to your eyes that all those gridlines are
overpowering the data? That sure makes it hard to work on your worksheet
when you have difficulty seeing the data, doesn't it?
One option might be to tell
Excel to stop displaying the gridlines altogether.
You can accomplish
this via the Tools menu, Options choice,
View tab.
Simply uncheck
the Gridlines checkbox at the bottom, then click OK
and poof! Bye-bye gridlines!
But, then again, I
find that I like to have them sometimes. The gridlines seem to help me
verify that I'm in the correct location. So, what now?
Fortunately, there's
more to your gridlines choices than the black and white of the two extremes
(gridlines or no gridlines). There are shades of gray, blue, green or
whatever color you please.
Go back to the Options
window, View tab. (From the Tools menu).
Take a look just below
the gridlines option.
See it?
Yep, that's right.
It says Gridlines color.
Click on the
down arrow and choose a new color from the palette.
Click OK to
exit Options.
Voila! You're back
in your worksheet with a grid of a different color!
~ April
P.S. - If you're looking
to make this change something that affects all new workbooks, then you'll
need to make the change for all the worksheets in your workbook and save
it as the default template. You can see our tip on this type of save by
clicking here.
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