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Change the color of cell gridlines

1. Select the sheets on which you want to change the gridline color.

   How?

   When you enter or change data, the changes affect all selected sheets. These changes may replace data on the active sheet and other selected sheets.

   To select	Do this
   A single sheet	Click the sheet tab. If you don't see the tab you want, click the tab scrolling buttons to display the tab, and then click the tab.
   Two or more adjacent sheets	Click the tab for the first sheet, and then hold down SHIFT and click the tab for the last sheet.
   Two or more nonadjacent sheets	Click the tab for the first sheet, and then hold down CTRL and click the tabs for the other sheets.
   All sheets in a workbook	Right-click a sheet tab, and then click Select All Sheets on the shortcut menu.

   Note  If sheet tabs have been color-coded, the sheet tab name will be underlined in a user-specified color when selected. If the sheet tab is displayed with a background color, the sheet has not been selected.

   Cancel a selection of multiple sheets

   To cancel a selection of multiple sheets in a workbook, click any unselected sheet.

   If no unselected sheet is visible, right-click the tab of a selected sheet. Then click Ungroup Sheets on the shortcut menu.

2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the View tab.
3. Under Window options, click the color you want in the Color box.

   To use the default gridline color, click Automatic.