Did you fill the area with a background color--even white?

If yes, then instead of using the gridlines, maybe it's time to use Borders--or
remove the fill color.

wrote:

I'm using Microsoft Excel 2003. I changed the grid line color to a
lighter shade of gray. Now the borders of cells (merged and unmerged)
no longer show up, regardless of what color I set them to. Is there a
an arcane workaround for this? Thanks.

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Dave Peterson