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Microsoft Word Help....Please

10 years ago

I'm using Word 2003...I'm making a table of figures...on my computer, the grid lines show up. There is a place to click "show grid lines"...and it is checked. When I print my document, the grid lines don't show. How can I get the grid lines to print?

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kelko
10 years ago
I believe you need to highlight your table and then click on the "borders" tab on your toolbar. I'm not very computer literate, but I do use Word a lot so I hope this makes sense.
mimi_boo
10 years ago
Kelko is right. Highlight your table and "right-click" and go to borders and shading.
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maybee_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Okay...I highlighted and then did the right click...borders and shading didn't come up as an option....where do I find borders and shading? I came here instead of computer help because I know some of you use Word a lot...I appreciate the help...
maybee_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you....I found it and, of course, that works...I now have grid lines....I'm a happy camper...it's always good to learn something about that program...
graywings123
10 years ago
This is one of those things in Word and Excel that is not obvious and EVERY time I need to do it, I have to research it. Drives me crazy.

I don't know which version of Word I have, so I don't want to mislead you. Here is a link to the results I get when I type into Google, "print gridlines in word 2003."

Here is a link that might be useful: Print gridlines in Word 2003
graywings123
10 years ago
Looking at the links I just posted, I see this:

Gridlines are non-printing in Word. Set cell borders if you want them to print - or use Excel.
maybee_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes, that worked...at first, I just couldn't find that option, but I found it under "view" "tool bars" in case someone else needs to know this...thank you very much. Now...I don't think I had this problem before. I think...when I set up a table, the "show grid lines" and "hide grid lines" is what worked....so one of the updates must have changed this. I love it that I can come here and ask a question. I'm not sure that I would have ever dug deep enough to find this solution....

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