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    Cannot get missing grid lines back

    I have got a block of cells with no grid lines. They do not come up as merged cells. I cannot get the grid lines to re-appear. How to get the grid lines back please ?

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    Have you set the interior colour of the cells to white? Or any other colour? If you have, you'll need to clear it or use borders instead.
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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    No, they don't seem to be anything different from the neignouring cells and background color = no color

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    I experience this occasionally when I copy/paste from a website.

    Maybe this...

    Select the range of cells in question
    Goto the Home tab>Editing Group
    Click the Eraser drop down>Clear Formats
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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    Maybe post a sample workbook that demonstrates the problem.

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    OK Tony, Thank you very much. This worked perfectly. Sorry for the delay in replying, but I was away for a few days.

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    No, they don't seem to be anything different from the neignouring cells and background color = no color
    I guess that just looking at the cells wasn't enough. Sometimes, if you select a group of cells to check, you get the information relating to one specific cell, not necessarily the one whose format you want to check.

    Glad that Tony could offer a solution.

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    Re: Cannot get missing grid lines back

    I don't have to go through the tabs/menus.

    I put the Clear Formats button on my QAT/toolbar so it's just a quick click of a button.

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