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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
Hello all. I've been tasked to make some modifications to an Excel spreadsheet that was developed by another individual. The sheet has got a thin line that separates two columns I would like to get rid of. In this sheet the gridlines are turned off. I'm working in Excel 2003. Things I've tried: 1. Cleared borders using the border tool. 2. Erased borders using the eraser in the "drawn borders" tool. 3. Tried drawing a "no border" with the "drawn borders" tool. 4. I've tried copying cells that do not have a line like this and pasteing them in these cells. 5. I've tried poking around with the drawing toolbar to see if there is a drawing line that was insert. 6. I've unhid columns to make sure there wasn't another column there I wasn't seeing. There has to be another way to create horizontal lines I'm not thinking of. I would appreciate any ideas on other things I can try to eliminate this. Thanks in advance. -- craig-o ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craig-o's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27588 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=503062 |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
craig-o wrote: Hello all. I've been tasked to make some modifications to an Excel spreadsheet that was developed by another individual. The sheet has got a thin line that separates two columns I would like to get rid of. In this sheet the gridlines are turned off. I'm working in Excel 2003. Things I've tried: 1. Cleared borders using the border tool. 2. Erased borders using the eraser in the "drawn borders" tool. 3. Tried drawing a "no border" with the "drawn borders" tool. 4. I've tried copying cells that do not have a line like this and pasteing them in these cells. 5. I've tried poking around with the drawing toolbar to see if there is a drawing line that was insert. 6. I've unhid columns to make sure there wasn't another column there I wasn't seeing. There has to be another way to create horizontal lines I'm not thinking of. I would appreciate any ideas on other things I can try to eliminate this. Thanks in advance. -- craig-o Try selecting the entire area around the cells with the line. Edit Clear Formats, or all. (If you chose "All"; you might have to reformat the data within the cells you just deleted the line in). Pierre |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
Thanks for the response Pierre. Just tried your suggestion, but it did not work either. -- craig-o ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craig-o's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27588 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=503062 |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two col
Another thing to try is to make sure the lines (either horizontal or
vertical) are not resulting from using a print preview view. This view will show lines (that aren't really there) to demarcate print boundries. -- Gary's Student "Pierre" wrote: craig-o wrote: Hello all. I've been tasked to make some modifications to an Excel spreadsheet that was developed by another individual. The sheet has got a thin line that separates two columns I would like to get rid of. In this sheet the gridlines are turned off. I'm working in Excel 2003. Things I've tried: 1. Cleared borders using the border tool. 2. Erased borders using the eraser in the "drawn borders" tool. 3. Tried drawing a "no border" with the "drawn borders" tool. 4. I've tried copying cells that do not have a line like this and pasteing them in these cells. 5. I've tried poking around with the drawing toolbar to see if there is a drawing line that was insert. 6. I've unhid columns to make sure there wasn't another column there I wasn't seeing. There has to be another way to create horizontal lines I'm not thinking of. I would appreciate any ideas on other things I can try to eliminate this. Thanks in advance. -- craig-o Try selecting the entire area around the cells with the line. Edit Clear Formats, or all. (If you chose "All"; you might have to reformat the data within the cells you just deleted the line in). Pierre |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two col
Hi craig-o,
I would imagine it is the result of either split or more than likely frozen panes. Use the window pull-down menu and if either are in use...your option will be Remove split or Unfreeze Panes. These are both a toggle on/off option. Hope this is the cure! Thanks. -- Linda "craig-o" wrote: Thanks for the response Pierre. Just tried your suggestion, but it did not work either. -- craig-o ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craig-o's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27588 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=503062 |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
craig-o wrote: Thanks for the response Pierre. Just tried your suggestion, but it did not work either. -- craig-o ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craig-o's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27588 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=503062 The only other thing that comes to mind, is some wayward VBS code. Have a look see by right clicking the sheet tab, and selecting view code. Clear anything that might resemble a formatting section. (Copy your work before clearing anything there.) Pierre |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
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Sounds like you have WindowFrezze Panes enabled. Uncheck it and see what happens to the line. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:25:44 -0600, craig-o wrote: Hello all. I've been tasked to make some modifications to an Excel spreadsheet that was developed by another individual. The sheet has got a thin line that separates two columns I would like to get rid of. In this sheet the gridlines are turned off. I'm working in Excel 2003. Things I've tried: 1. Cleared borders using the border tool. 2. Erased borders using the eraser in the "drawn borders" tool. 3. Tried drawing a "no border" with the "drawn borders" tool. 4. I've tried copying cells that do not have a line like this and pasteing them in these cells. 5. I've tried poking around with the drawing toolbar to see if there is a drawing line that was insert. 6. I've unhid columns to make sure there wasn't another column there I wasn't seeing. There has to be another way to create horizontal lines I'm not thinking of. I would appreciate any ideas on other things I can try to eliminate this. Thanks in advance. |
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Probably stupid, but I can't get rid of a line between two colums
Unfreeze pane worked! I don't know why I didn't think of that, but I'm glad you all did. I can't imagine why there would be a need to freeze panes at this point in the sheet, but who knows. Thanks all! -- craig-o ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craig-o's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27588 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=503062 |
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