Chapter 4: Borders and colors
Exercise 19: Hide gridlines
Task
Borders are already drawn. Hide the sheet gridlines so only your borders show.
Moves 0 (target 1)1 difference(s) from the model
File
Font
Alignment
Number
Styles
Cells
A1Press and release Alt to show KeyTips (Windows). Ctrl + 1 opens Format Cells, Ctrl + Z undoes.
| A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Item | Rep | Qty | Amount | |
| 2 | Notebook | Smith | 12 | 18000 | |
| 3 | Ballpoint pen | Johnson | 5 | 1250 | |
| 4 | Clear folder | Williams | 30 | 36000 | |
| 5 | Sticky notes | Brown | 8 | 2400 | |
| 6 | Total | 55 | 57650 | ||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 |
Borders are already drawn. Hide the sheet gridlines so only your borders show.
This drill is for computer screens. On a phone you can review the steps.
- View > clear Gridlines (Alt → W → V → G)
Key takeaway
Gridlines don't print. Hiding them on screen shows you what the printout will look like.
See How to add borders for details.