The colour covers the gridlines and so you 'lose' them. White is also a
backgroud colour so you also 'lose' them when you apply a white background -
use 'No Fill' instead.

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"Joanne" wrote in message
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Why do I lose my gridlines when I apply background color to a block of
rows? And why do I not get them back when I change the color back to the
usual white Background.
Is there a options setting I can use to prevent this action?
Thanks for the info
Joanne