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Turn off gridlines in your Excel applications

Your users may find it easier to work with your worksheet applications if they can't see the gridlines. For example, let's say you developed a worksheet that displays a new chart that compares monthly sales figures for the department each time a salesperson enters his/her monthly sales figures. Your worksheet includes instructions for using the spreadsheet, a bordered cell where they are to enter their data, and the changing chart.

To prevent the salespeople from working with the other cells in the worksheet, you can turn off the gridlines in Excel 2003 or Excel 2002, by following these steps:

1. Go to Tools | Options.
2. On the View tab in the Windows section, clear the Gridlines check box.
3. Click OK.

To turn off the gridlines in Excel 2007, follow these steps:

1. Click the View tab.
2. Clear the Gridlines check box in the Show/Hide section of the ribbon.

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