How to Remove Unwanted Gridlines from Excel Object

• Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, versions 4.2, 4.2.1
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.2, 4.3

SUMMARY

When you embed or link a Microsoft Excel object to a document created in another Office program, you may notice that the gridlines from Microsoft Excel are visible in the destination document.

MORE INFORMATION

To remove the gridlines, use the following steps:

Office versions 4.2, 4.3, 7.0 and 97 for Windows and versions 4.2 and 4.2.1 for Macintosh

1. Double-click the Microsoft Excel object to activate in-place editing in Microsoft Excel.



2. On the Tools menu, click Options.



3. Click the View tab.
   
   If you do not see a View tab, check the Apple menu (Macintosh) or the Help menu (Windows) to verify that Microsoft Excel is active. If Microsoft Excel is active, you should see About Microsoft Excel as the first entry on the Apple menu or the last entry in the Help menu.



4. In the Window Options section, clear the Gridlines check box.



5. Return to the destination document by clicking outside the boundaries of the Microsoft Excel object.

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

1. Double-click the Microsoft Excel object.



2. On the Tools menu, click Preferences.



3. On the View Tab click to clear the Gridlines check box, then click OK.



4. On the File menu Click Quit to close the Microsoft Excel object.

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbole 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.2,4.3,7.0,97;MACINTOSH:4.2,4.2.1,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: June 24, 1999