Glen.
I had the same experience; this is what I found; the hard way!
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Go to Tools/Options/Appearance.
Scroll down to TEXT DOCUMENT
Then to GRID.
Change from Automatic to Black.
Scroll down to SPREADSHEET
Repeat as above
Scroll down to DRAWING / PRESENTATION
Repeat as above
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John.
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Stanley-Turner
To: [email protected]
Sent: 24 Aug, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: [users] openoffice gridlines
When I open some spreadsheets the page is blank ie no gridlines
except maybe
formatted underlines etc. I want to see the gridlines on screen and
when
printing how do I turn it on?