Thick Borders

Hi everyone,

I just printed one of my excel worksheets, and I don't know if it's just me but the borders look unusually thick. The thinnest border line looks thick, and the one that's a little thicker than that one looks super thick. I feel like my print-out looks awkward because of these thick lines... is there any way to adjust how thick the borders look?

I'd appreciate any help with this...

Under the Format Borders tab, I am using the thinnest border provided, but it is looking rather thick. Is there anything else that would affect how the border lines look when printed?

Well, I suppose the lines look pretty thick on the print preview too... but they look passable. It's when I actually print it out on paper that I'm like... "ew". I use the Xerox M24 as my default... perhaps I should try some of the other printers around the office.



Btw, Bitty basically means tiny... as in "itty bitty baby". I'm the smallest office personnel around here. (and sometimes it's a reference to my Office knowledge as well!)

I tried printing stuff out on different printers, but they all seem to come out the same...

Hi OldChippy! Thank you for helping! I tried your idea too, but it just gave me grey lines instead of black lines... so it made my problem a little more fuzzy and vague, but my problem still persists.

I just can't imagine that borders have always appeared so thick when printed... I'm starting to get paranoid that it is just me.

What a thought, OldChippy!

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Okay, I tried making borders in other workbooks and in a new workbook, but they're all coming out the same... Now I must try printing some borders when I get home tonight and see what I get!

I wish I could show you... I am starting to feel a need for confirmation that the lines do look unusually thick...

Hi Bryan Hessey!

Thanks for the .zip. The .bmp looked pretty strange, but it printed out looking like it did on the screen. I printed your excel file, and the lines came out the same thickness as before, but I found that your outer dotted line actually printed as a solid line, at around the thickness I would expect from using the thinnest border line. I also made a thin square border in Word and printed it, and it came out looking like the same thickness as your dotted line... now I'm more confused? What if I needed a dotted line? You mentioned something about the dpi, but I'm not sure what to do about that. It is my understanding for the printing on this printer is 1200 dpi.

Your help is very much appreciated!