Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
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thank you both. none of these worked unfortunately!
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Hello I need help, I currently use excel on Mac and can't see the cells in excel files. it makes it difficult to use and work. I can only see the cell boarders when I highlight the entire page or area, but otherwise I can see the boarders of the cells. can someone help and tell me what I need to do to fix this please?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | Other | MacOS
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2026-02-08T11:29:39.9066667+00:00 -
Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.7K Reputation points2026-02-08T14:33:39.92+00:00 Then there must be something more involved. Please provide the following information:
- From Excel> About Microsoft Excel the Version Number & type of License
- From **> About This Mac** the macOS Version Number
Include as much additional descriptive detail as possible, including whether the issue ios with one specific workbook or all, including new ones on launch of the program.
As a troubleshooting step restart the Mac in Safe Mode to see if the issue persists & provide the result.
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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.7K Reputation points
2026-02-07T15:43:33.0266667+00:00 You won't find Gridlines in the View Menu. It's available from either of 2 locations:
In the Show group on the View tab of the Ribbon:
There is no default keyboard shortcut to toggle the Gridlines but one can be assigned to the Grid command. Also, it can be added to the QAT as well as to a custom tab on the Ribbon.
Note that Borders is not the equivalent of Gridlines.
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DaveM121 882.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor2026-02-07T08:35:34.16+00:00 1
On the View menu at the top of Excel, check to ensure the Gridlines setting is enabled.
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If that does not resolve the problem, select all cells in the worksheet
On the home tab, check the Fill color and ensure the Fill color is not set to white, set it to #No Fill'.
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If that does not resolve the problem, select all cells in the worksheet.
On the Home tab, click Borders, select the drop-down menu, select More Borders, and check the borders set for the cells.