Geesh sent it from the wrong addy again LOL Let's try this once more...and sorry if duplicates come thru ______________________ Ok..looks like I'm having email problems with this group again *sigh*...so I'm resending this, and a couple others I've replied to, from my personal address...hope they come thru... ______________________________ You have to create a template Open a blank workbook and turn on the gridlines for printing. Then save this workbook AS A TEMPLATE (*.xlt) Now you can leave it in the default template directory where Excel wants to put it and name it something like gridlines.xlt and then you can access it whenever you want to use it, by going to the File menu and selecting New (instead of open) and select this template But, if you really want it to be the default template for all new Excel files, search your hard drive for a folder called XLStart and put this template inside this folder...and you MUST name it Book.xlt or Excel won't use it by default...then all of the new files you create will be based on this template and will print gridlines 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 Mark Mucher Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:33 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Print Excel gridlines by default? Does anyone know how I can print gridlines in Excel by default (without having to turn them on every time)? Thanks, Mark ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************