That's how it works.

You can format the cells borders to look like grid lines.

FormatCellsBorder tab


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Paul" wrote in message
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When I apply a fill color to a block of cells, the grid lines don't
show in that block of cells. I don't expect that there is a way to
force the grid lines to show, but I'm hoping that I'm wrong. Thanks
any workarounds, if they exist.