How to View and Print Gridlines in Microsoft Excel Tutorial

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The Teacher	2016-01-03 04:36:32	22,042 Views	View on YouTube View Channel

Learn how to effectively work with gridlines in Microsoft Excel 2016 with this comprehensive tutorial. Gridlines play a crucial role in maintaining the structure and aesthetics of your Excel worksheets. Whether you want to enhance the appearance of your documents or optimize the printing of your data, this tutorial provides essential insights and techniques to achieve these goals.

Key Points:

1. **Understanding Default Gridline Behavior**: When you create a new workbook in Excel 2016, you’ll notice that gridlines are visible on the worksheet. However, these gridlines are not printed by default, as confirmed in the Print Preview window.

2. **Customizing Gridlines for Viewing**: To hide gridlines for a specific worksheet, you can navigate to the /”Page Layout/” tab and, under /”Sheet Options,/” uncheck the /”View/” option for gridlines. This instantly removes gridlines, resulting in a cleaner and more appealing worksheet.

3. **Alternative Location for Gridline Visibility**: The /”View Gridlines/” option is also accessible under the /”View/” tab in the /”Show/” section, allowing you to toggle gridlines on and off conveniently.

4. **Optimizing Printing with Gridlines**: If you’re working on documents like invoices or forms and want the gridlines to be automatically printed for content-filled areas, you can go to the /”Page Layout/” tab and check the /”Print/” option under Gridlines. This ensures that predefined borders will be printed for the data-filled regions of your worksheet, saving you the hassle of manually applying borders.

5. **Border Formatting Styles**: While manually applying borders through the /”Borders/” dropdown menu or /”Format Cells/” dialog provides more control over border styles (such as line style and colors), automatically printing gridlines applies a default border style. These borders include darker outside borders and lighter, dotted inside borders.

6. **Consider Your Needs**: The choice of whether to manually apply borders or use the default gridlines depends on the size and complexity of your worksheets. Default gridlines are especially useful for larger documents with a substantial amount of data.

This tutorial equips you with the knowledge to manage Excel 2016 gridlines effectively, enhancing the appearance of your worksheets and optimizing your printing experience. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced Excel user, understanding gridline control is a valuable skill that can help you create more professional and polished documents. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insightful tutorial videos. Master Excel gridlines and take your spreadsheet skills to the next level!