Thanks all. Ray, I had just started putting the "white" lines around to mask when I got your suggestion. Thanks Linda and Ray for the tips. Linda, the "group box" is on the Form toolbar. Sandy Crowley, SDA, CDT=20 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting D:704.561.5135 | M:704.408.0458 | F:704.561.8777 www.littleonline.com =20 -----Original Message----- From: Ray Blake [mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:48 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: I need to hide the line in a group box in Excel Sandy, This can't be done, even using the Shape.Line property in VBA. If you really just can't live with the group box, consider using coded ActiveX versions of the controls instead, although you'll need to write some VBA to get the same functionality. You can find these controls in the 'controls toolbox' icon bar. One alternative - if you have gridlines hidden on your sheet - would be to place a box over the option box, set the fill colour to 'no fill' and the border to white. You might need to play with the line thickness, but this will mask the group box outline. It will also mask the cell gridlines, hence not ideal unless you have them hidden. Ray Ray _____________ This email is from Ray Blake, Head of Software Design, GR Business Process Solutions. It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. The contents are private and may be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error we would be grateful if you would advise the sender and delete the email from your system. For more information on the services that we offer please visit us at our website: - www.grbps.com=20 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Crowley Sent: 17 December 2003 17:07 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: I need to hide the line in a group box in Excel Excel XP 2002. I'm using the Form toolbar with the controls on it. I don't want them all to be grouped since each line needs its own answer. B19:G19 have option buttons that need to be grouped and the next row needs its own grouping as well. Does this clarify? Sandy Crowley, SDA, CDT=3D20 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting D:704.561.5135 | M:704.408.0458 | F:704.561.8777 www.littleonline.com =3D20 -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20 Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:09 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: I need to hide the line in a group box in Excel What version of Excel and how did you create the Option buttons? Did you use the Control toolbox? I'm doing this in Excel 2003 and I see no "group box"....when I enter Option buttons in this version, using the Control toolbox, they are automatically grouped so selecting one deselects the other...so tell me which version of Excel you are doing this in and I will see if it's different there. Heading out the door now tho, so I won't answer this until later tonite. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Crowley Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:48 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] I need to hide the line in a group box in Excel I have created option buttons for several rows of questions. Each row contains five option buttons and the user can only select one per question. I have grouped the option buttons with a group box and I need to hide the Line around the buttons. I can delete the text but can't figure out how to delete the line. 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