To make a printed worksheet or workbook easier to read, you can print the worksheet or workbook with gridlines displayed around the cells.

  1. Select the worksheet or worksheets that you want to print.

    How to select worksheets

    To select Do this
    A single sheet Click the sheet tab.

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    If you don't see the tab that you want, click the tab scrolling buttons to display the tab, and then click the tab.

    tab scrolling buttons

    Two or more adjacent sheets Click the tab for the first sheet. Then hold down SHIFT while you click the tab for the last sheet that you want to select.
    Two or more nonadjacent sheets Click the tab for the first sheet. Then hold down CTRL while you click the tabs of the other sheets that you want to select.
    All sheets in a workbook Right-click a sheet tab, and then click Select All Sheets on the shortcut menu .

    Tip When multiple worksheets are selected, [Group] appears in the title bar at the top of the worksheet. To cancel a selection of multiple worksheets in a workbook, click any unselected worksheet. If no unselected sheet is visible, right-click the tab of a selected sheet, and then click Ungroup Sheets on the shortcut menu.

  2. On the Page Layout tab, in the Sheet Options group, select the Print check box under Gridlines.

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  3. Click Microsoft Office Button button image, and then click Print.

    Keyboard shortcut You can also press CTRL+P.

Note Worksheets print faster if you print without gridlines.

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