Be careful what you ask for. This puts grid lines and borders around
whatever the mouse selects.
toolsoptionsviewgridlinesuncheck
right click sheet tabview codeinsert this

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Cells.Borders.LineStyle = xlNone
With Selection
.Borders.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.BorderAround ColorIndex:=3, Weight:=xlThick
End With
End Sub

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"James Grotjohn" <James wrote in message
...
In Excel the gridlines clutter up the look of the screen. But they are
very
useful in knowing where to click to make changes and select cells. I
would
like to have the gridlines be invisible except in a floating area around
the
mouse cursor.

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