Turning Off Gridlines in Excel 2000

When you first create an Excel workbook, each worksheet in the workbook shows the familiar grid-shaped format that most spreadsheet users know and love. There may be times, however, when the gridlines don't fit your purposes. For instance, if you are using a worksheet that has quite a bit of text in it, you may find the gridlines distracting. To turn off gridlines for a worksheet, follow these steps:

1. Display the worksheet you want to affect.
2. Choose Options from the Tools menu. This displays the Options dialog box.
3. Make sure the View tab is selected.
4. Clear the Gridlines check box.
5. Click on OK. The gridlines should be gone.