hide/show gridlines not working

I rarely use tables wherby I have to hide the gridlines, albeit the last doc
I did came out without the gridlines although i didn't need to hide them.

I now find that show and hide gridlines are not working. I want a column to
use shading.I have been working on this all morning . Can someone please help.
I have a problem with caps options but this has been a problem sin ce day i.
just wondered if there is a problem.
many thanks

Hi Yabba,

You didn't mention the version of Word you're using but there's another setting that will show table cell boundaries, independently
of the gridline setting, or if the table/cells have borders.

Tools=Options=View 'Text boundaries'.

If turned on the Show/Hide gridline setting basically has little visible impact. Formatting the borders in white may be helpful.

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"yabba" wrote in message ...
I rarely use tables wherby I have to hide the gridlines, albeit the last doc
I did came out without the gridlines although i didn't need to hide them.

I now find that show and hide gridlines are not working. I want a column to
use shading.I have been working on this all morning . Can someone please help.
I have a problem with caps options but this has been a problem sin ce day i.
just wondered if there is a problem.
many thanks
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

And of course it may also be that borders rather than gridlines are what is
wanted. If so, http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Gridlines.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Borders.htm are the ticket.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Yabba,

You didn't mention the version of Word you're using but there's another
setting that will show table cell boundaries, independently
of the gridline setting, or if the table/cells have borders.

Tools=Options=View 'Text boundaries'.

If turned on the Show/Hide gridline setting basically has little visible
impact. Formatting the borders in white may be helpful.

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"yabba" wrote in message
...
I rarely use tables wherby I have to hide the gridlines, albeit the last
doc
I did came out without the gridlines although i didn't need to hide them.

I now find that show and hide gridlines are not working. I want a column
to
use shading.I have been working on this all morning . Can someone please
help.
I have a problem with caps options but this has been a problem sin ce day
i.
just wondered if there is a problem.
many thanks
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*