hide/show gridlines not working

[yabba]

I rarely use tables wherby I have to hide the gridlines, albeit the last doc
I did came out without the gridlines although i didn't need to hide them.

I now find that show and hide gridlines are not working. I want a column to
use shading.I have been working on this all morning . Can someone please help.
I have a problem with caps options but this has been a problem sin ce day i.
just wondered if there is a problem.
many thanks

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Yabba,

You didn't mention the version of Word you're using but there's another setting that will show table cell boundaries, independently
of the gridline setting, or if the table/cells have borders.

Tools=>Options=>View 'Text boundaries'.

If turned on the Show/Hide gridline setting basically has little visible impact. Formatting the borders in white may be helpful.

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I rarely use tables wherby I have to hide the gridlines, albeit the last doc
I did came out without the gridlines although i didn't need to hide them.

I now find that show and hide gridlines are not working. I want a column to
use shading.I have been working on this all morning . Can someone please help.
I have a problem with caps options but this has been a problem sin ce day i.
just wondered if there is a problem.
many thanks>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And of course it may also be that borders rather than gridlines are what is
wanted. If so, http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Gridlines.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Borders.htm are the ticket.