I'm looking for a macro to clear rules from all my worksheets of a workbook.

What do you mean by "rules"
If you mean gridlines, there are two ways
1) In Tools | Options | you can uncheck the Gridlines box
OR
2) Use a fill (white will do) on all cells

best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"John A" <John wrote in message
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I'm looking for a macro to clear rules from all my worksheets of a
workbook.

Sub grdlns()
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count
Sheets(i).Activate
ActiveWindow.DisplayGridlines = False
Next
End Sub

"John A" wrote:

I'm looking for a macro to clear rules from all my worksheets of a workbook.

Are you running Excel 2007 and do you mean Conditional Formatting "Rules"?

If so, I probably can't help..........I don't use 2007.

A couple other responders interpreted "rules" to mean gridlines.

Just wanted to clarify what you're looking for.

In 2003 you could use a macro like this.

Assumes all sheets have some CF so no error checking.

Sub clear_CF()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
ws.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeAllFormatCondition s) _
.FormatConditions.Delete
Next ws
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:36:01 -0800, John A <John
wrote:

I'm looking for a macro to clear rules from all my worksheets of a workbook.

I think we lost the OP on this one Gord. I interpreted his post like Bernard
since he said he wanted to clear all rules from all worksheets, it seemed he
meant gridlines. I didn't even think about CF criteria as rules.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Are you running Excel 2007 and do you mean Conditional Formatting "Rules"?

If so, I probably can't help..........I don't use 2007.

A couple other responders interpreted "rules" to mean gridlines.

Just wanted to clarify what you're looking for.

In 2003 you could use a macro like this.

Assumes all sheets have some CF so no error checking.

Sub clear_CF()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
ws.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeAllFormatCondition s) _
.FormatConditions.Delete
Next ws
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:36:01 -0800, John A <John
wrote:

I'm looking for a macro to clear rules from all my worksheets of a workbook.