In Excel, gridlines don't appear on a printed worksheet or workbook by default. This article explains how you can print gridlines.

Gridlines don't appear on a printed worksheet or workbook by default. You can choose to print gridlines, modify their color, and preview how the gridlines will appear.

If you apply a fill color to cells on a worksheet, 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.

If you want gridlines to appear on the printed page, select the worksheet or worksheets that you want to print. On the Page Layout tab, in the Sheet Options group, select the Print check box under Gridlines.

If you want to print gridlines in Excel, see Print gridlines in a worksheet. To show the gridlines, in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word, click the View tab, and then select the Gridlines check box.

In Excel for the web, you can either specify an area you want to print or print an entire worksheet. If you select a print area, but decide to change the specified area, here's how you can preview your changes:

Set a specific print area Insert, move, or delete page breaks in a worksheet Print the top row on every page Preview worksheet pages before you print Make a worksheet fit the printed page Print gridlines …

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