Gridlines are the faint lines that appear around cells to distinguish them on the worksheet. By default, gridlines are displayed in worksheets using a color that is assigned by Excel. Gridlines …

To show the gridlines, in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word, click the View tab, and then select the Gridlines check box. To hide the gridlines, clear the Gridlines check box.

In Excel, gridlines don't appear on a printed worksheet or workbook by default. This article explains how you can print gridlines.

Gridlines help give you visual cues when you're formatting in PowerPoint. To turn on or off the Gridlines, go to the View tab and select the Gridlines checkbox. The default horizontal and …

To make the data in a chart that displays axes easier to read, you can display horizontal and vertical chart gridlines. Gridlines extend from any horizontal and vertical axes across the plot …

Showing or hiding table gridlines shows or hides gridlines for every table in your document. Unlike table borders, you can't print table gridlines with your document.

The grid helps you position and align shapes on the drawing page. Set how far apart the gridlines are, change the measurement units they show, or hide them.

By default, gridlines are displayed in worksheets using the color that is assigned to Automatic. To change the color of gridlines, you can use the following procedure.

Many Visio templates have gridlines to help you align shapes, but the gridlines are not printed unless you turn on the option to print them in the page setup.

You can change the distance between gridlines shown on the page by adjusting horizontal and vertical spacing. Select a chart, picture, or object in the document.