Table gridlines

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abrielle

When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines, they
do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
 
Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on your
non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.
 
Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row marks.



JoAnn Paules said:
Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on
your non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



abrielle said:
When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines,
they do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
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Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If so,
that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



abrielle said:
Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row marks.



JoAnn Paules said:
Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on your
non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



abrielle said:
When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines, they
do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
No, I just added borders and they show up fine! Anyway, this occurs on any
document with a table in it.

On a blank document, why would a tiny grid pattern appear all over the page
when I have Show Gridlines switched on?

Stefan Blom said:
Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If
so, that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



abrielle said:
Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row
marks.



JoAnn Paules said:
Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on
your non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines,
they do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What you are describing sounds to me like the document grid. To hide it: On the
Drawing toolbar, click Draw | Grid. Clear the "Display gridlines on screen"
option and click OK.

On the other hand, if you are sure that it is in fact a table grid, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



abrielle said:
No, I just added borders and they show up fine! Anyway, this occurs on any
document with a table in it.

On a blank document, why would a tiny grid pattern appear all over the page
when I have Show Gridlines switched on?

Stefan Blom said:
Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If so,
that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



abrielle said:
Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row marks.



Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on your
non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines, they
do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Stefan has given you the steps if you're in Word 2003. If you're in Word
2007, then you've fallen into the trap of using the more discoverable
Gridlines check box on the View tab of the Ribbon. Turn that off. Now click
in the table, which will cause the contextual Table Tools | Design tab to be
displayed. Switch to the Layout tab and click on the View Gridlines button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

abrielle said:
No, I just added borders and they show up fine! Anyway, this occurs on any
document with a table in it.

On a blank document, why would a tiny grid pattern appear all over the
page when I have Show Gridlines switched on?

Stefan Blom said:
Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If
so, that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



abrielle said:
Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row
marks.



Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on
your non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines,
they do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank you Suzanne - that was the problem. I'm not sure when I fell into that
trap - it's only a recent occurrence.


Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Stefan has given you the steps if you're in Word 2003. If you're in Word
2007, then you've fallen into the trap of using the more discoverable
Gridlines check box on the View tab of the Ribbon. Turn that off. Now
click in the table, which will cause the contextual Table Tools | Design
tab to be displayed. Switch to the Layout tab and click on the View
Gridlines button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

abrielle said:
No, I just added borders and they show up fine! Anyway, this occurs on
any document with a table in it.

On a blank document, why would a tiny grid pattern appear all over the
page when I have Show Gridlines switched on?

Stefan Blom said:
Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If
so, that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row
marks.



Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on
your non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines,
they do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of
tiny gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I'm glad you got it sorted. (I'm not sure why I assumed you are using Word
2003.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



Abrielle said:
Thank you Suzanne - that was the problem. I'm not sure when I fell into that
trap - it's only a recent occurrence.


Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Stefan has given you the steps if you're in Word 2003. If you're in Word
2007, then you've fallen into the trap of using the more discoverable
Gridlines check box on the View tab of the Ribbon. Turn that off. Now click
in the table, which will cause the contextual Table Tools | Design tab to be
displayed. Switch to the Layout tab and click on the View Gridlines button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

abrielle said:
No, I just added borders and they show up fine! Anyway, this occurs on any
document with a table in it.

On a blank document, why would a tiny grid pattern appear all over the page
when I have Show Gridlines switched on?

Perhaps you have inadvertently added white border lines to the table? If
so, that would explain why you cannot see the gridlines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
(Message posted via NNTP)



Definitely a table - I created it!

With non-printing characters showing, I can see the end of cell/row marks.



Are you sure it's a table and not something created with tabs? Turn on
your non-printing characters and see what, if anything appears.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



When I have a document containing a table and click View | Gridlines,
they do not show up.

However, if I then open a new blank document, the page is full of tiny
gridlines!

Can anyone help, please?
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