Microsoft KB Archive/87361

= Gridlines Not Displayed in Linked Spreadsheet Object =

Article ID: 87361

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q87361



SUMMARY
A linked spreadsheet object is displayed and prints with gridlines in the Word Processing module of Microsoft Works version 2.0 for Windows only if gridlines were visible in the spreadsheet when the object was originally copied.

The active printer and video drivers can also stop the gridlines in a linked spreadsheet object from being displayed. For example, there are no gridlines in the linked object if the Generic/Text Only printer driver is selected, even if the Show Gridlines option was selected when the data was originally copied.



MORE INFORMATION
The display of gridlines in the linked spreadsheet object cannot be changed after the link is established. To change the display of gridlines, the linked object must be deleted, and a new link must be established with the spreadsheet either displaying or hiding the gridlines as desired.

Choose Show Gridlines from the Options menu in the Spreadsheet module to turn gridlines on or off before you copy the spreadsheet object. The Print Gridlines option in the Page Setup And Margins dialog box does not influence the printing of gridlines in linked spreadsheet objects.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 2.0 of Works for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

