I'd drop the Gridlines and use Borders (format|Cells|border tab) or use the
icons on the Formatting toolbar.

You'll have much better control over how your workbook should look.

Alan wrote:

When I fill a rows or columns with color, the gridlines running through them
disappear. Is there a way to make the fill "transparent" in order to see
the gridlines? (I'm using Excel 2003). Thanks

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Dave Peterson